diff --git a/manifests/apply.sh b/manifests/apply.sh
index b9dea74..68f813a 100755
--- a/manifests/apply.sh
+++ b/manifests/apply.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ kubectl annotate nodes --overwrite zeke 'node.longhorn.io/default-disks-config=[
   { "path": "/var/lib/longhorn", "allowScheduling" : trues, "tags": ["ssd", "fast"]}
 ]'
 
+kubectl apply -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.18.2/cert-manager.yaml
 kubectl apply -f helm/flux.yaml
 sleep 5
 kubectl apply -f helm/kyverno.yaml