diff --git a/applications/templates/guestbook.yaml b/applications/templates/guestbook.yaml
index 1fe376b..3f00024 100644
--- a/applications/templates/guestbook.yaml
+++ b/applications/templates/guestbook.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ kind: Application
 metadata:
   name: guestbook
   namespace: argocd
+  finalizers:
+  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
 spec:
   destination:
     namespace: argocd
diff --git a/applications/templates/helm-dependency.yaml b/applications/templates/helm-dependency.yaml
index 9c1e4a8..f4528db 100644
--- a/applications/templates/helm-dependency.yaml
+++ b/applications/templates/helm-dependency.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ kind: Application
 metadata:
   name: helm-dependency
   namespace: argocd
+  finalizers:
+  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
 spec:
   destination:
     namespace: argocd
diff --git a/applications/templates/helm-guestbook.yaml b/applications/templates/helm-guestbook.yaml
index 58b99f0..1044122 100644
--- a/applications/templates/helm-guestbook.yaml
+++ b/applications/templates/helm-guestbook.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ kind: Application
 metadata:
   name: helm-guestbook
   namespace: argocd
+  finalizers:
+  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
 spec:
   destination:
     namespace: argocd
diff --git a/applications/templates/kustomize-guestbook.yaml b/applications/templates/kustomize-guestbook.yaml
index 9c52bc1..f07e883 100644
--- a/applications/templates/kustomize-guestbook.yaml
+++ b/applications/templates/kustomize-guestbook.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ kind: Application
 metadata:
   name: kustomize-guestbook
   namespace: argocd
+  finalizers:
+  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
 spec:
   destination:
     namespace: argocd