diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 92911ce..a93ea7b 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -77,3 +77,31 @@ applications:
         selfHeal: true
       syncOptions:
         - CreateNamespace=true
+
+  # Stakater Reloader - watches Secrets/ConfigMaps and triggers a rolling restart
+  # of workloads that reference them (e.g. after ESO refreshes a secret from OpenBao).
+  # Opt-in per workload via annotation, e.g. on a Deployment/StatefulSet:
+  #   secret.reloader.stakater.com/reload: "<secret-name>"
+  # or `reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"` to react to every referenced Secret/ConfigMap.
+  - name: reloader
+    enabled: true
+    source:
+      repoURL: https://stakater.github.io/stakater-charts
+      chart: reloader
+      targetRevision: "2.2.17"
+      helm:
+        values: |
+          reloader:
+            # The default strategy injects an env var into the pod template, which
+            # ArgoCD (selfHeal) would revert as drift. Annotations on the pod template
+            # are extra map keys and are ignored by ArgoCD's diff.
+            reloadStrategy: annotations
+    destination:
+      server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+      namespace: reloader
+    syncPolicy:
+      automated:
+        prune: true
+        selfHeal: true
+      syncOptions:
+        - CreateNamespace=true