diff --git a/clusters/noble/bootstrap/argocd/apps/noble-platform.yaml b/clusters/noble/bootstrap/argocd/apps/noble-platform.yaml
index 545ec23..e1fb4e8 100644
--- a/clusters/noble/bootstrap/argocd/apps/noble-platform.yaml
+++ b/clusters/noble/bootstrap/argocd/apps/noble-platform.yaml
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ spec:
       selfHeal: true
     syncOptions:
       - CreateNamespace=true
+      # Large CRDs (Prometheus Operator, Kyverno, ESO) exceed kubectl’s ~256KiB annotation limit
+      # for last-applied-configuration; server-side apply avoids that.
+      - ServerSideApply=true