diff --git a/appsets/cert-manager.yaml b/appsets/cert-manager.yaml
index 1faaba1..e4c88d7 100644
--- a/appsets/cert-manager.yaml
+++ b/appsets/cert-manager.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       name: "{{cluster}}-cert-manager"
+      annotations:
+        argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "5"
     spec:
       project: infrastructure
       syncPolicy:
diff --git a/appsets/clusterissuer.yaml b/appsets/clusterissuer.yaml
index a70a05a..6b67543 100644
--- a/appsets/clusterissuer.yaml
+++ b/appsets/clusterissuer.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       name: "{{cluster}}-http-clusterissuer"
+      annotations:
+        argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "10"
     spec:
       project: infrastructure
       syncPolicy:
diff --git a/appsets/external-secrets.yaml b/appsets/external-secrets.yaml
index 6433cae..8f34503 100644
--- a/appsets/external-secrets.yaml
+++ b/appsets/external-secrets.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       name: "{{cluster}}-external-secrets"
+      annotations:
+        argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "5"
     spec:
       project: infrastructure
       syncPolicy:
diff --git a/appsets/system-upgrade-controller.yaml b/appsets/system-upgrade-controller.yaml
index 9ffc032..db8b9a9 100644
--- a/appsets/system-upgrade-controller.yaml
+++ b/appsets/system-upgrade-controller.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       name: "{{cluster}}-system-upgrade-controller"
+      annotations:
+        argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "5"
     spec:
       project: infrastructure
       syncPolicy: