diff --git a/services/veles/backend-deployment.yaml b/services/veles/backend-deployment.yaml
index 193aec15b..a02831eed 100644
--- a/services/veles/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/veles/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ spec:
         app: veles-backend
       annotations:
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-init-first: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-pre-populate-only: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/role: "veles"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-veles-env.sh: "kv/data/atlas/veles/veles-db"