diff --git a/charts/k8up/README.gotmpl.md b/charts/k8up/README.gotmpl.md
index c83958512..bc05a8f2b 100644
--- a/charts/k8up/README.gotmpl.md
+++ b/charts/k8up/README.gotmpl.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ```bash
-kubectl apply -f https://github.com/k8up-io/k8up/releases/download/k8up-{{ template "chart.version" . }}/k8up-crd.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://github.com/k8up-io/k8up/releases/download/k8up-{{ template "chart.version" . }}/k8up-crd.yaml --server-side
 ```
 
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diff --git a/charts/k8up/README.md b/charts/k8up/README.md
index b811b528c..b309971c1 100644
--- a/charts/k8up/README.md
+++ b/charts/k8up/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ helm repo add k8up-io https://k8up-io.github.io/k8up
 helm install k8up k8up-io/k8up
 ```
 ```bash
-kubectl apply -f https://github.com/k8up-io/k8up/releases/download/k8up-4.8.0/k8up-crd.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://github.com/k8up-io/k8up/releases/download/k8up-4.8.0/k8up-crd.yaml --server-side
 ```
 
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