diff --git a/roles/rke2/templates/manifests/deploy-cert-manager.j2 b/roles/rke2/templates/manifests/deploy-cert-manager.j2
index e1ea027ba8695eb9f6a5e77b4237fb660e468364..8622ee1e36a6f36dff26f1da5893e87377042d93 100644
--- a/roles/rke2/templates/manifests/deploy-cert-manager.j2
+++ b/roles/rke2/templates/manifests/deploy-cert-manager.j2
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ spec:
   chart: cert-manager-csi-driver
   version: {{ item.value.csiVersion | default("v0.2.1") }}
   bootstrap: True
-  targetNamespace: cert-manager
+  targetNamespace: kube-system
 
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