diff --git a/charts/dex.yaml b/charts/dex.yaml
index 7ff7ba13ef..6214b4b702 100644
--- a/charts/dex.yaml
+++ b/charts/dex.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ extraVolumeMounts:
   - name: dex-login
     mountPath: /web/themes/scality
 
+podAnnotations:
+  # Override default checksum as we want to manage it with salt
+  checksum/config: '__slot__:salt:metalk8s_kubernetes.get_object_digest(kind="Secret", apiVersion="v1", namespace="metalk8s-auth", name="dex", object_key="data:config.yaml")'
+
 certs:
   web:
     create: false
diff --git a/salt/metalk8s/addons/dex/deployed/chart.sls b/salt/metalk8s/addons/dex/deployed/chart.sls
index 0a55910064..5f63235daa 100644
--- a/salt/metalk8s/addons/dex/deployed/chart.sls
+++ b/salt/metalk8s/addons/dex/deployed/chart.sls
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        checksum/config: d58a2489f8f7fd4df3f78cad5ea6ac51e7eda9ca076c41689ce853539ff2a15b
+        checksum/config: __slot__:salt:metalk8s_kubernetes.get_object_digest(kind="Secret",
+          apiVersion="v1", namespace="metalk8s-auth", name="dex", object_key="data:config.yaml")
       labels:
         app.kubernetes.io/component: dex
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: dex