diff --git a/apps/operators/cert-manager.yaml b/apps/operators/cert-manager.yaml
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+---
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: cert-manager
+  namespace: argocd
+  finalizers:
+    - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+spec:
+  project: operators
+  sources:
+    - chart: cert-manager
+      repoURL: https://charts.jetstack.io
+      targetRevision: 1.*
+      helm:
+        releaseName: cert-manager
+        valuesObject:
+          installCRDs: true
+    - repoURL: ${GIT_URL}
+      path: secrets/${DEPLOY_NAME}/
+      targetRevision: HEAD
+      directory:
+        include: cluster-issuer.yaml
+  destination:
+    namespace: cert-manager
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: false
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true