diff --git a/apps/templates/cert-manager.yaml b/apps/templates/cert-manager.yaml
index 3da232f..ce285a7 100644
--- a/apps/templates/cert-manager.yaml
+++ b/apps/templates/cert-manager.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ kind: Application
 metadata:
   name: cert-manager
   namespace: argocd
+  finalizers:
+  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
 spec:
   project: default
   source: