diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/kubectl.go b/pkg/kubectl/kubectl.go
index 1f125e9f..aad8a6c0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/kubectl.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/kubectl.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (k kubectl) Apply(input string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	args := append(k.defaultArgs(), "apply", "--server-side", "-f", file)
+	args := append(k.defaultArgs(), "apply", "--server-side", "--force-conflicts", "-f", file)
 	c := newKubectlCmd(os.Stdin, k.out, k.out, args)
 	return c.Execute()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/kubectl_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/kubectl_test.go
index fff1ea82..2ba62759 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/kubectl_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/kubectl_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestNew_NoNamespace(t *testing.T) {
 	err := k.Apply("")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(calls))
-	assert.Equal(t, []string{"apply", "--context", "missing", "--file", fmt.Sprintf("%s/content.yaml", tempDir), "--v=6", "--server-side"}, calls[0])
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"apply", "--context", "missing", "--file", fmt.Sprintf("%s/content.yaml", tempDir), "--v=6", "--server-side", "--force-conflicts"}, calls[0])
 	logMock.Check(t, []string{})
 }
 func TestNew_NoContext(t *testing.T) {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func TestNew_NoContext(t *testing.T) {
 	err := k.Apply("")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(calls))
-	assert.Equal(t, []string{"apply", "--namespace", "namespace", "--file", fmt.Sprintf("%s/content.yaml", tempDir), "--server-side"}, calls[0])
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"apply", "--namespace", "namespace", "--file", fmt.Sprintf("%s/content.yaml", tempDir), "--server-side", "--force-conflicts"}, calls[0])
 	logMock.Check(t, []string{})
 }
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func TestKubectl_Apply(t *testing.T) {
 	err := k.Apply("")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(calls))
-	assert.Equal(t, []string{"apply", "--context", "missing", "--namespace", "default", "--file", fmt.Sprintf("%s/content.yaml", tempDir), "--server-side"}, calls[0])
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"apply", "--context", "missing", "--namespace", "default", "--file", fmt.Sprintf("%s/content.yaml", tempDir), "--server-side", "--force-conflicts"}, calls[0])
 	logMock.Check(t, []string{})
 }
 
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ func mockCmd(_ io.Reader, out, _ io.Writer, args []string) *cobra.Command {
 	var kubeconfig *string
 	var verbose *string
 	var serverSide *bool
+	var forceConflicts *bool
 
 	cmd := cobra.Command{
 		Use: "kubectl",
@@ -468,6 +469,9 @@ func mockCmd(_ io.Reader, out, _ io.Writer, args []string) *cobra.Command {
 			if *serverSide {
 				call = append(call, "--server-side")
 			}
+			if *forceConflicts {
+				call = append(call, "--force-conflicts")
+			}
 			calls = append(calls, call)
 			return nil
 		},
@@ -495,6 +499,7 @@ func mockCmd(_ io.Reader, out, _ io.Writer, args []string) *cobra.Command {
 	kubeconfig = cmd.Flags().StringP("kubeconfig", "", "", "")
 	verbose = cmd.Flags().StringP("v", "v", "0", "")
 	serverSide = cmd.Flags().BoolP("server-side", "", false, "")
+	forceConflicts = cmd.Flags().BoolP("force-conflicts", "", false, "")
 	cmd.SetArgs(args)
 	return &cmd
 }