diff --git a/scripts/src/hwlab-node-control-plane.ts b/scripts/src/hwlab-node-control-plane.ts
index 81fd2120..10b99630 100644
--- a/scripts/src/hwlab-node-control-plane.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/hwlab-node-control-plane.ts
@@ -1803,7 +1803,7 @@ set +e
 manifest=$(mktemp /tmp/hwlab-node-infra.XXXXXX.yaml)
 printf %s ${shQuote(encoded)} | base64 -d >"$manifest"
 field_manager=${shQuote(controlPlaneFieldManager(target))}
-kubectl apply --server-side --field-manager="$field_manager" -f "$manifest" >/tmp/hwlab-node-infra-apply.out 2>/tmp/hwlab-node-infra-apply.err
+kubectl apply --server-side --force-conflicts --field-manager="$field_manager" -f "$manifest" >/tmp/hwlab-node-infra-apply.out 2>/tmp/hwlab-node-infra-apply.err
 kubectl_rc=$?
 ${k3sApplyScriptFragment(node.k3s, target)}
 python3 - "$kubectl_rc" "$k3s_report_file" <<'PY'