diff --git a/clusters/unraid-lab/apps/imp/application.yaml b/clusters/unraid-lab/apps/imp/application.yaml
index bbc44de..95b76f9 100644
--- a/clusters/unraid-lab/apps/imp/application.yaml
+++ b/clusters/unraid-lab/apps/imp/application.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ metadata:
   namespace: argocd
   annotations:
     argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "2"
+    # Argo's structured-merge diff cannot decode Kubernetes 1.36 Deployment
+    # status. Use the supported server-side dry-run diff for this application.
+    argocd.argoproj.io/compare-options: ServerSideDiff=true
 spec:
   project: default
   sources: