diff --git a/clustergroup/templates/plumbing/applications.yaml b/clustergroup/templates/plumbing/applications.yaml
index c9a6667d..4f959379 100644
--- a/clustergroup/templates/plumbing/applications.yaml
+++ b/clustergroup/templates/plumbing/applications.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- $c := 1 | int64 }}
 {{- if not (eq .Values.enabled "core") }}
 {{- $namespace := print $.Values.global.pattern "-" $.Values.clusterGroup.name }}
 {{- if (eq .Values.enabled "plumbing") }}
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ metadata:
   namespace: {{ $namespace }}
   finalizers:
   - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io/foreground
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: {{ quote $c |}}
 spec:
   destination:
     name: {{ $.Values.clusterGroup.targetCluster }}
@@ -213,6 +216,7 @@ spec:
     #  selfHeal: true
   {{- end }}
 ---
+{{ $c = add1 $c }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/tests/clustergroup-normal.expected.yaml b/tests/clustergroup-normal.expected.yaml
index 4d740ac8..67e3fd3a 100644
--- a/tests/clustergroup-normal.expected.yaml
+++ b/tests/clustergroup-normal.expected.yaml
@@ -502,6 +502,8 @@ metadata:
   namespace: mypattern-example
   finalizers:
   - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io/foreground
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
 spec:
   destination:
     name: in-cluster
@@ -553,6 +555,8 @@ metadata:
   namespace: mypattern-example
   finalizers:
   - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io/foreground
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "2"
 spec:
   destination:
     name: in-cluster
diff --git a/tests/clustergroup.expected.diff b/tests/clustergroup.expected.diff
index 45fca30b..9408c857 100644
--- a/tests/clustergroup.expected.diff
+++ b/tests/clustergroup.expected.diff
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
  roleRef:
    apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
    kind: ClusterRole
-@@ -45,16 +257,583 @@
+@@ -45,16 +257,587 @@
    - kind: ServiceAccount
      # This is the {ArgoCD.name}-argocd-application-controller
      name: example-gitops-argocd-application-controller
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@
 +  namespace: mypattern-example
 +  finalizers:
 +  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io/foreground
++  annotations:
++    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
 +spec:
 +  destination:
 +    name: in-cluster
@@ -544,6 +546,8 @@
 +  namespace: mypattern-example
 +  finalizers:
 +  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io/foreground
++  annotations:
++    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "2"
 +spec:
 +  destination:
 +    name: in-cluster
@@ -828,7 +832,7 @@
  ---
  # Source: pattern-clustergroup/templates/plumbing/argocd.yaml
  apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
-@@ -65,7 +844,7 @@
+@@ -65,7 +848,7 @@
    # Changing the name affects the ClusterRoleBinding, the generated secret,
    # route URL, and argocd.argoproj.io/managed-by annotations
    name: example-gitops
@@ -837,7 +841,7 @@
    annotations:
      argocd.argoproj.io/compare-options: IgnoreExtraneous
  spec:
-@@ -94,10 +873,10 @@
+@@ -94,10 +877,10 @@
              --set global.repoURL=$ARGOCD_APP_SOURCE_REPO_URL
              --set global.targetRevision=$ARGOCD_APP_SOURCE_TARGET_REVISION
              --set global.namespace=$ARGOCD_APP_NAMESPACE
@@ -852,7 +856,7 @@
              --set clusterGroup.name=example
              --post-renderer ./kustomize"]
    applicationSet:
-@@ -174,11 +953,59 @@
+@@ -174,11 +957,59 @@
  kind: ConsoleLink
  metadata:
    name: example-gitops-link