diff --git a/kubernetes/infrastructure/post-crds/kustomization.yaml b/kubernetes/infrastructure/post-crds/kustomization.yaml
index 716313a8..90b1291c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/infrastructure/post-crds/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/infrastructure/post-crds/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ resources:
   - cloudflare-secret.sops.yaml
   - cilium-l2.yaml
   - cnpg-barman-certs.yaml
+  - velero-schedules.yaml
   - ../network-policies/
diff --git a/kubernetes/infrastructure/velero/schedules.yaml b/kubernetes/infrastructure/post-crds/velero-schedules.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from kubernetes/infrastructure/velero/schedules.yaml
rename to kubernetes/infrastructure/post-crds/velero-schedules.yaml
diff --git a/kubernetes/infrastructure/velero/kustomization.yaml b/kubernetes/infrastructure/velero/kustomization.yaml
index e83169b0..5014a2e9 100644
--- a/kubernetes/infrastructure/velero/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/infrastructure/velero/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ kind: Kustomization
 resources:
   - secret.sops.yaml
   - helmrelease.yaml
-  - schedules.yaml
+# Velero Schedule CRs live in kubernetes/infrastructure/post-crds/
+# (velero-schedules.yaml) so they reconcile after the Velero HelmRelease
+# finishes installing velero.io CRDs.