diff --git a/applications/templates/guestbook.yaml b/applications/templates/guestbook.yaml
index 1fe376bb46..3f000240c0 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 9c1e4a8771..f4528dbdbb 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 58b99f03b2..1044122c76 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 9c52bc1a4e..f07e883a78 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