diff --git a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes/kustomization.yaml b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes/kustomization.yaml
index 39fd224b3..f1ad8e06d 100644
--- a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   name: hermes
   namespace: flux-system
   annotations:
-    kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/ssa: IfNotPresent
+    kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/ssa: Merge
 spec:
   interval: 10m
   path: ./services/hermes