diff --git a/ref-implementation/argo-workflows/manifests/dev/patches/deployment-argo-server.yaml b/ref-implementation/argo-workflows/manifests/dev/patches/deployment-argo-server.yaml
index bcc03d5..5fc6c69 100644
--- a/ref-implementation/argo-workflows/manifests/dev/patches/deployment-argo-server.yaml
+++ b/ref-implementation/argo-workflows/manifests/dev/patches/deployment-argo-server.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: argo-server
   namespace: argo
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "20"
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
@@ -25,4 +27,4 @@ spec:
             - "--loglevel"
             - "info"
             - "--log-format"
-            - "text"
\ No newline at end of file
+            - "text"
diff --git a/ref-implementation/backstage/manifests/install.yaml b/ref-implementation/backstage/manifests/install.yaml
index ba3bb12..969bf39 100644
--- a/ref-implementation/backstage/manifests/install.yaml
+++ b/ref-implementation/backstage/manifests/install.yaml
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ metadata:
   name: backstage
   namespace: backstage
   annotations:
-    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "10"
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "20"
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
@@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ metadata:
     app: postgresql
   name: postgresql
   namespace: backstage
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "10"
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector: