diff --git a/internal/constants/constants.go b/internal/constants/constants.go
index 82de9f4..5472d61 100644
--- a/internal/constants/constants.go
+++ b/internal/constants/constants.go
@@ -215,3 +215,41 @@ var MigrationStatsFields = []string{
 	"fully_migrated_positions",
 	"status",
 }
+
+// getKindPriority returns the installation priority for a resource kind
+// Lower number = applied first (follows Helm 2.10 install order)
+func GetKindPriority(kind string) int {
+	priorities := map[string]int{
+		"Namespace":                0,
+		"ResourceQuota":            1,
+		"LimitRange":               2,
+		"PodSecurityPolicy":        3,
+		"Secret":                   4,
+		"ConfigMap":                5,
+		"StorageClass":             6,
+		"PersistentVolume":         7,
+		"PersistentVolumeClaim":    8,
+		"ServiceAccount":           9,
+		"CustomResourceDefinition": 10,
+		"ClusterRole":              11,
+		"ClusterRoleBinding":       12,
+		"Role":                     13,
+		"RoleBinding":              14,
+		"Service":                  15,
+		"DaemonSet":                16,
+		"Pod":                      17,
+		"ReplicationController":    18,
+		"ReplicaSet":               19,
+		"Deployment":               20,
+		"StatefulSet":              21,
+		"Job":                      22,
+		"CronJob":                  23,
+		"Ingress":                  24,
+		"APIService":               25,
+	}
+
+	if priority, exists := priorities[kind]; exists {
+		return priority
+	}
+	return 100
+}
diff --git a/internal/k8s/actions/apply.go b/internal/k8s/actions/apply.go
index e277529..30c3d40 100644
--- a/internal/k8s/actions/apply.go
+++ b/internal/k8s/actions/apply.go
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
 
+	"github.com/OpenSlides/openslides-cli/internal/constants"
 	"github.com/OpenSlides/openslides-cli/internal/k8s/client"
 	"github.com/OpenSlides/openslides-cli/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/OpenSlides/openslides-cli/internal/utils"
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ func applyDirectory(ctx context.Context, k8sClient *client.Client, dirPath strin
 		return fmt.Errorf("reading directory: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	var yamlFiles []os.DirEntry
 	for _, file := range files {
 		if file.IsDir() {
 			continue
@@ -117,7 +120,16 @@ func applyDirectory(ctx context.Context, k8sClient *client.Client, dirPath strin
 			logger.Debug("Skipping non-YAML file: %s", file.Name())
 			continue
 		}
+		yamlFiles = append(yamlFiles, file)
+	}
+
+	sort.Slice(yamlFiles, func(i, j int) bool {
+		kindI := getKindFromFile(filepath.Join(dirPath, yamlFiles[i].Name()))
+		kindJ := getKindFromFile(filepath.Join(dirPath, yamlFiles[j].Name()))
+		return constants.GetKindPriority(kindI) < constants.GetKindPriority(kindJ)
+	})
 
+	for _, file := range yamlFiles {
 		manifestPath := filepath.Join(dirPath, file.Name())
 		if _, err := applyManifest(ctx, k8sClient, manifestPath); err != nil {
 			logger.Warn("Failed to apply %s: %v", file.Name(), err)
@@ -127,3 +139,18 @@ func applyDirectory(ctx context.Context, k8sClient *client.Client, dirPath strin
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// getKindFromFile reads the Kind field from a YAML file
+func getKindFromFile(path string) string {
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	var obj unstructured.Unstructured
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &obj); err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return obj.GetKind()
+}