diff --git a/bin/config-update b/bin/config-update
index 5f9621af..a756c445 100755
--- a/bin/config-update
+++ b/bin/config-update
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@ apply_config() {
 
     echo -e "${GREEN}→${NC} Creating/updating ConfigMap $config_name..."
 
-      $KUBECTL create configmap "$config_name" \
-          --from-file=config.yaml="$config_file" \
-          --dry-run=client -o yaml | $KUBECTL apply -f -
+    $KUBECTL apply -f "$config_file"
     echo -e "${GREEN}✓${NC} $config_name updated"
 
     # Optionally restart pods that use this config