diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index 4ef2df868cff8..c6754678ef94b 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -1,35 +1,48 @@
 # Generic component-level labels and high-level groupings.
 "domain: sources":
-- src/sources/**/*
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: ["src/sources/**/*"]
 
 "domain: sinks":
-- src/sinks/**/*
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: ["src/sinks/**/*"]
 
 "domain: transforms":
-- src/transforms/**/*
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: ["src/transforms/**/*"]
 
 "domain: topology":
-- src/topology/**/*
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: ["src/topology/**/*"]
 
 "domain: codecs":
-- src/codecs/**/*
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: ["src/codecs/**/*"]
 
 "domain: core":
-- lib/vector-core/**/*
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: ["lib/vector-core/**/*"]
 
 "domain: vrl":
-- lib/vrl/**/*
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: ["lib/vrl/**/*"]
 
 "domain: ci":
-- scripts/**/*
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: ["scripts/**/*"]
+
+"domain: vdev":
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: ["vdev/**/*"]
 
 "domain: releasing":
-- distribution/**/*
-- scripts/package-*
-- scripts/release-*
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: ["distribution/**/*", "scripts/package-*", "scripts/release-*"]
 
 "domain: rfc":
-- rfcs/**/*
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: ["rfcs/**/*"]
 
 "domain: external docs":
-- website/cue/**/*
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: ["website/cue/**/*"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a46aa762aefbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: "Pull Request Labeler"
+on:
+- pull_request_target
+
+jobs:
+  label:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/labeler@v5
+      with:
+        repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+        sync-labels: true
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