diff --git a/helm/blueapi/templates/volumes.yaml b/helm/blueapi/templates/volumes.yaml
index 6f183d025..b931be93a 100644
--- a/helm/blueapi/templates/volumes.yaml
+++ b/helm/blueapi/templates/volumes.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ include "blueapi.fullname" . }}-scratch-{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}
   annotations:
     helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: Delete=false
 spec:
   accessModes:
     - ReadWriteMany
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_helm_chart.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_helm_chart.py
index e37772d8b..01cd6e612 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_helm_chart.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_helm_chart.py
@@ -600,7 +600,10 @@ def test_persistent_volume_claim_exists(
             "kind": "PersistentVolumeClaim",
             "metadata": {
                 "name": "blueapi-scratch-0.1.0",
-                "annotations": {"helm.sh/resource-policy": "keep"},
+                "annotations": {
+                    "helm.sh/resource-policy": "keep",
+                    "argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options": "Delete=false",
+                },
             },
             "spec": {
                 "accessModes": ["ReadWriteMany"],