diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-deployment.yaml
index 686d461c2..f4690c0cd 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-deployment.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: loculus-keycloak-database
   annotations:
     argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: Replace=true
+    reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-deployment.yaml
index 56a02c5cf..bd200903a 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-deployment.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ metadata:
   name: loculus-keycloak
   annotations:
     argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: Replace=true
+    reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml
index 0307b003a..d67b2e94c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   name: loculus-lapis-silo-{{ $key }}
   annotations:
     argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: Replace=true
+    reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-deployment.yaml
index 65bd142fa..33637c282 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-deployment.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   name: loculus
   annotations:
     argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: Replace=true
+    reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-preprocessing-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-preprocessing-deployment.yaml
index 586230243..d73593e6a 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-preprocessing-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-preprocessing-deployment.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ metadata:
   name: loculus-preprocessing-{{ $key }}
   annotations:
     argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: Replace=true
+    reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector: