diff --git a/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-sentinel-cicd.ts b/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-sentinel-cicd.ts
index 7cd6927f..04d8e0c9 100644
--- a/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-sentinel-cicd.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-sentinel-cicd.ts
@@ -936,11 +936,14 @@ function applySentinelArgoApplication(state: SentinelCicdState, timeoutSeconds:
   const app = state.manifests.find((item) => item.kind === "Application");
   if (app === undefined) return { ok: false, reason: "application-manifest-missing", valuesRedacted: true };
   const yaml = `${Bun.YAML.stringify(app).trim()}\n`;
+  const namespace = stringAt(state.cicd, "argo.namespace");
+  const applicationName = stringAt(state.cicd, "argo.applicationName");
   const script = [
     "set -eu",
     "tmp=$(mktemp)",
     `cat >"$tmp" <<'YAML'\n${yaml}YAML`,
     "kubectl apply -f \"$tmp\"",
+    `kubectl -n ${shellQuote(namespace)} annotate application ${shellQuote(applicationName)} argocd.argoproj.io/refresh=hard --overwrite`,
   ].join("\n");
   const result = runCommand(["trans", stringAt(state.controlPlaneNode, "kubeRoute"), "sh", "--", script], repoRoot, { timeoutMs: Math.min(timeoutSeconds, 60) * 1000 });
   return { ok: result.exitCode === 0, result: compactCommand(result), valuesRedacted: true };