diff --git a/cluster/base-custom/crds/cert-manager/kustomization.yaml b/cluster/base-custom/crds/cert-manager/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 243325ba2..000000000
--- a/cluster/base-custom/crds/cert-manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-resources:
-  # renovate: registryUrl=https://charts.jetstack.io chart=cert-manager
-  - https://github.com./jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.7.0/cert-manager.crds.yaml
diff --git a/cluster/base-custom/crds/kustomization.yaml b/cluster/base-custom/crds/kustomization.yaml
index c635f57fe..b269e1934 100644
--- a/cluster/base-custom/crds/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/cluster/base-custom/crds/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
-  - cert-manager
   - external-snapshotter
   - kube-prometheus-stack
   - rook-ceph
diff --git a/cluster/core/cert-manager/helm-release.yaml b/cluster/core/cert-manager/helm-release.yaml
index de0905913..1e15d1de8 100644
--- a/cluster/core/cert-manager/helm-release.yaml
+++ b/cluster/core/cert-manager/helm-release.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,17 @@ spec:
         name: jetstack-charts
         namespace: flux-system
       interval: 5m
+  install:
+    createNamespace: true
+    crds: CreateReplace
+    remediation:
+      retries: 3
+  upgrade:
+    crds: CreateReplace
+    remediation:
+      retries: 3
   values:
-    installCRDs: false
+    installCRDs: true
     webhook:
       enabled: true
     extraArgs: