diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/ha-restore-test/cluster.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/ha-restore-test/cluster.yaml
index 455ae8ec..c1a9be61 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/ha-restore-test/cluster.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/ha-restore-test/cluster.yaml
@@ -9,13 +9,18 @@
 # never writes a base backup. serverName differs from ha-pg as a second
 # guard; see objectstore.yaml.
 #
+# Named ha-pg-restore-2: the first instance pod predates the plugin and the
+# operator will not roll it (it waits on an in-place restart the dead instance
+# manager cannot answer). A new name makes Flux prune the old Cluster and
+# create this one with the sidecar from the start.
+#
 # One instance, no walStorage, ceph-block-ephemeral (reclaim Delete) so
 # nothing outlives the namespace. 32Gi matches ha-pg's PGDATA: the restored
 # data plus the WAL replayed since the last base backup.
 apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
 kind: Cluster
 metadata:
-  name: ha-pg-restore
+  name: ha-pg-restore-2
   namespace: ha-restore-test
 spec:
   instances: 1
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/ha-restore-test/network-policy.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/ha-restore-test/network-policy.yaml
index a8e5b8d8..79f5ec93 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/ha-restore-test/network-policy.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/ha-restore-test/network-policy.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   endpointSelector:
     matchLabels:
-      cnpg.io/cluster: ha-pg-restore
+      cnpg.io/cluster: ha-pg-restore-2
   ingress:
     - fromEndpoints:
         - matchLabels:
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ spec:
   egress:
     - toEndpoints:
         - matchLabels:
-            cnpg.io/cluster: ha-pg-restore
+            cnpg.io/cluster: ha-pg-restore-2
       toPorts:
         - ports:
             - port: "5432"
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/ha-restore-test/pg-check-job.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/ha-restore-test/pg-check-job.yaml
index ce7c1132..ecd7a694 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/ha-restore-test/pg-check-job.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/ha-restore-test/pg-check-job.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
 metadata:
-  name: ha-pg-check
+  name: ha-pg-check-2
   namespace: ha-restore-test
 spec:
   backoffLimit: 2
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
           image: ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:16
           env:
             - name: PGHOST
-              value: ha-pg-restore-rw
+              value: ha-pg-restore-2-rw
             - name: PGDATABASE
               value: homeassistant
             - name: PGUSER
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ spec:
             - name: PGPASSWORD
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
-                  name: ha-pg-restore-superuser
+                  name: ha-pg-restore-2-superuser
                   key: password
           command:
             - bash