diff --git a/clusters/homelab/apps/cert-manager.yaml b/clusters/homelab/apps/cert-manager.yaml
index 0a08644..c81884b 100644
--- a/clusters/homelab/apps/cert-manager.yaml
+++ b/clusters/homelab/apps/cert-manager.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ kind: Application
 metadata:
   name: cert-manager
   namespace: argocd
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/compare-options: ServerSideDiff=true
   finalizers:
     - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
 spec: