diff --git a/apps/base/crowdsec/release.yaml b/apps/base/crowdsec/release.yaml
index cdfee964017007817e3a28007df35ac8b19319b7..c34ce0ae0da489f5923ba1d37a71803dcaca90d5 100644
--- a/apps/base/crowdsec/release.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/crowdsec/release.yaml
@@ -33,18 +33,25 @@ spec:
       optional: true
   postRenderers:
     - kustomize:
-        patchesJson6902:
-          - target:
-              version: apps/v1
-              kind: DaemonSet
+        patchesStrategicMerge:
+          - kind: DaemonSet
+            apiVersion: apps/v1
+            metadata:
               name: crowdsec-agent
-            patch:
-              - op: "add"
-                path: /spec/template/spec/initContainers/0/resources/limits/cpu
-                value: "100m"
-              - op: "replace"
-                path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/securityContext/privileged
-                value: true
+            spec:
+              template:
+                spec:
+                  initContainers:
+                    - name: wait-for-lapi
+                      resources:
+                        limits:
+                          cpu: "1"
+                  containers:
+                    - name: crowdsec-agent
+                      # Required in order to run as Super-Privileged-Container and therefore accessing host resources
+                      securityContext:
+                        privileged: true
+                        allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap