diff --git a/clusters/au-syd1/bootstrap/argocd-cm-patch.yaml b/clusters/au-syd1/bootstrap/argocd-cm-patch.yaml
index 57247fc..e13e14b 100644
--- a/clusters/au-syd1/bootstrap/argocd-cm-patch.yaml
+++ b/clusters/au-syd1/bootstrap/argocd-cm-patch.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,33 @@ data:
     issuer: https://identity.unkin.net/application/o/argocd/
     clientID: argocd
     clientSecret: $argocd-oidc:client_secret
+    # argocd-server does OIDC discovery/egress to identity.unkin.net over TLS,
+    # which is served by the internal `unkin.net` CA (not a public root), so the
+    # stock image trust store rejects it (x509: certificate signed by unknown
+    # authority). Anchor on the stable `unkin.net` root; identity presents its
+    # intermediate in the handshake, and the intermediate is periodically
+    # re-keyed, so pinning the root (not the intermediate) is rotation-proof.
+    rootCA: |
+      -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+      MIIDLzCCAhegAwIBAgIUIDADwsHIrQ8dfncpechBdIUCQdIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
+      BQAwFDESMBAGA1UEAxMJdW5raW4ubmV0MB4XDTI0MDQyNzExMjcwMloXDTM0MDQy
+      NTExMjczMlowFDESMBAGA1UEAxMJdW5raW4ubmV0MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEF
+      AAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA3ENPv7R7gCUJAg8Q4hB2LEZSdvbK155YbcrguLDDnu6m
+      2fkJn8jYMMW3Z6/+Y04ouGwi6sKup8ggTb217sY+dC4IUZjotDPAhruxfXVQAh0v
+      Yr3RYoxVDrm4nRSFLo1RA4Qt+1KK299mHGQf9iAiwbsFp5mDrJT9uz15FE2uWmbK
+      8/onMyJC4fnkMihVN6NIgTtjpHYNm5aAJwxoWldTopgF0ucb7X3XVPNbKAmd3Avd
+      lsOo6m751zSZ0HvJOxgRSy7lvPzMuUfCQsOcmI4O4+Z2FL4Y7p+T9DvWkciC7L3i
+      tBiK30fPfGKNpWaof1ONCcPQNjMwWcEFXqSiWUOXkwIDAQABo3kwdzAOBgNVHQ8B
+      Af8EBAMCAQYwDwYDVR0TAQH/BAUwAwEB/zAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUGpy/pj6F8e3gSOAp
+      r+6hAYQdOScwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUGpy/pj6F8e3gSOApr+6hAYQdOScwFAYDVR0R
+      BA0wC4IJdW5raW4ubmV0MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAA4IBAQA5xocILzuvD+R2Iub1
+      UnTdcVpgNcxJmESz0eX4UrkcBmddtuFINXvDTv5//XTFs78LsVVSf00xZ+2C62Xe
+      xRdCdluHN8VDCAKulP4XJY1BiZ7im0v+iMgPDKhq4OXb86WFYI/8J6uRm7oIAwj1
+      zhhKxMimkzli+yHB8ipL15W7l68CMUgmOjFA+EG6sbfadFpQTX/h6TVj3FQPkU/p
+      UJEm2XjlGNAKGJrNRU47PM4vRDv5Joyowp9zv/pHFXvUJladaJupMKRJQVWQz1US
+      EXE67rawG79s3vm8dDolnbli/IhPHtjDRIprxAwrMs5tt9cY0xsRkFBZVcAOjrpb
+      4gqd
+      -----END CERTIFICATE-----
     requestedScopes:
       - openid
       - profile