diff --git a/services/gitea/deployment.yaml b/services/gitea/deployment.yaml
index e67b3b9..cbcdab8 100644
--- a/services/gitea/deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/gitea/deployment.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ spec:
         app: gitea
       annotations:
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-init-first: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/role: "gitea"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-gitea-db-secret__password: "kv/data/atlas/gitea/gitea-db-secret"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-gitea-db-secret__password: |