diff --git a/src/automation/.gitlab-ci.yml b/src/automation/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 86e02f9c50619b2d2d17491781f08643f98976b4..9b67f0b8bd27d7b5cd7bb8011af08132c5b04401 100644
--- a/src/automation/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/automation/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ deploy automation:
   script:
     - kubectl version
     - kubectl get all
+    - kubectl delete -f "manifests/automationservice.yaml"
     - kubectl apply -f "manifests/automationservice.yaml"
     - kubectl delete pods --selector app=automationservice
     - kubectl get all