diff --git a/system/system-upgrade/k3s/kustomization.yaml b/system/system-upgrade/k3s/kustomization.yaml
index c23de013..688a489e 100644
--- a/system/system-upgrade/k3s/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/system/system-upgrade/k3s/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ resources:
   - agent.yaml
 
 commonAnnotations:
-  argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
+  # TODO https://github.com/rancher/system-upgrade-controller/issues/172
+  argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: SkipDryRunOnMissingResource=true