diff --git a/values/temporal/manifests/temporal-db.yaml b/values/temporal/manifests/temporal-db.yaml
index 2a43abe2..41bd79a9 100644
--- a/values/temporal/manifests/temporal-db.yaml
+++ b/values/temporal/manifests/temporal-db.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ kind: Cluster
 metadata:
   name: temporal-db
   namespace: temporal
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "-2"
 spec:
   instances: 2
   imageName: ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:18.1-system-trixie
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ kind: Database
 metadata:
   name: temporal-visibility
   namespace: temporal
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "-2"
 spec:
   name: temporal_visibility
   owner: temporal
diff --git a/values/temporal/values/temporal.yaml b/values/temporal/values/temporal.yaml
index 1e5e6d80..1b202a8e 100644
--- a/values/temporal/values/temporal.yaml
+++ b/values/temporal/values/temporal.yaml
@@ -43,3 +43,9 @@ server:
 
 web:
   enabled: true
+
+# Ordering is via sync-waves: CNPG (-2) -> schema (-1) -> server (0).
+schema:
+  useHelmHooks: false
+  jobAnnotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "-1"