diff --git a/script/replace_secrets b/script/replace_secrets
index d7bb190..2a3de09 100755
--- a/script/replace_secrets
+++ b/script/replace_secrets
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ kubectl delete secret gitea-config
 # Replace it from the local files in kubernetes/config/* (acquired by running
 # ./script/get_secrets)
 kubectl create secret generic gitea-config --from-file=cert.pem=kubernetes/config/cert.pem --from-file=key.pem=kubernetes/config/key.pem --from-file=app.ini=kubernetes/config/app.ini
+# Force the pod to restart by patching the deployment resource
+kubectl patch deployment gitea-server -p "{\"spec\":{\"template\":{\"metadata\":{\"annotations\":{\"date\":\"`date +'%s'`\"}}}}}"