diff --git a/deployment/helm/edc-controlplane/templates/deployment.yaml b/deployment/helm/edc-controlplane/templates/deployment.yaml
index 1dd351201..7eb27a307 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/edc-controlplane/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/edc-controlplane/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ spec:
       {{- include "edc-controlplane.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
   template:
     metadata:
-      {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
       annotations:
+        checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+        checksum/env-config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap-env.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+        {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
       labels:
         {{- include "edc-controlplane.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
     spec:
diff --git a/deployment/helm/edc-dataplane/templates/deployment.yaml b/deployment/helm/edc-dataplane/templates/deployment.yaml
index 3bf283165..3f1b284d8 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/edc-dataplane/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/edc-dataplane/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ spec:
       {{- include "edc-dataplane.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
   template:
     metadata:
-      {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
       annotations:
+        checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+        checksum/env-config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap-env.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+        {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
       labels:
         {{- include "edc-dataplane.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
     spec: