diff --git a/argocd/app-of-apps/test/templates/applications.yaml b/argocd/app-of-apps/test/templates/applications.yaml
index 05b5b75..e5a5d86 100644
--- a/argocd/app-of-apps/test/templates/applications.yaml
+++ b/argocd/app-of-apps/test/templates/applications.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ metadata:
     - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
 spec:
   syncPolicy:
+    {{- if .serverSideApply }}
+    syncOptions:
+      - ServerSideApply=true
+    {{- end }}
     automated:
       prune: true
   destination:
diff --git a/argocd/app-of-apps/test/values.yaml b/argocd/app-of-apps/test/values.yaml
index a427787..82ed2fa 100644
--- a/argocd/app-of-apps/test/values.yaml
+++ b/argocd/app-of-apps/test/values.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ applications:
     namespace: observability
     createNamespace: true
     repoURL: https://git.2martens.de/2martens/cloud-configuration.git
+    serverSideApply: true
   - name: prometheus-adapter
     project: default
     targetRevision: main
diff --git a/argocd/prometheus/test/argocd_values.yaml b/argocd/prometheus/test/argocd_values.yaml
index 71497da..d1727be 100644
--- a/argocd/prometheus/test/argocd_values.yaml
+++ b/argocd/prometheus/test/argocd_values.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 kube-prometheus-stack:
-  kube-state-metrics:
-    prometheus:
-      monitor:
-        enabled: true
-    selfMonitor:
-      enabled: true
   prometheus-node-exporter:
     hostRootFsMount:
       mountPropagation: None