diff --git a/state/gullfaxi/system/observability/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/application.yaml b/state/gullfaxi/system/observability/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/application.yaml
index b27c353..dd4e149 100644
--- a/state/gullfaxi/system/observability/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/application.yaml
+++ b/state/gullfaxi/system/observability/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/application.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ spec:
       selfHeal: true
     syncOptions:
       - CreateNamespace=true
+      - ServerSideApply=true
   sources:
     - repoURL: https://victoriametrics.github.io/helm-charts/
       chart: victoria-metrics-k8s-stack
diff --git a/state/gullfaxi/system/observability/victoria-metrics-operator/application.yaml b/state/gullfaxi/system/observability/victoria-metrics-operator/application.yaml
index 333fc25..950f57a 100644
--- a/state/gullfaxi/system/observability/victoria-metrics-operator/application.yaml
+++ b/state/gullfaxi/system/observability/victoria-metrics-operator/application.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ spec:
       selfHeal: true
     syncOptions:
       - CreateNamespace=true
+      - ServerSideApply=true
   sources:
     - repoURL: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts.git
       targetRevision: kube-prometheus-stack-51.2.0