diff --git a/config/example-config-ssh-config.yaml b/config/example-config-ssh-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb1ec1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/example-config-ssh-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: argocd-image-updater-ssh-config
+  namespace: argocd
+data:
+  config: |
+    Host *
+          PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms +ssh-rsa
+          HostkeyAlgorithms +ssh-rsa
diff --git a/manifests/base/config/argocd-image-updater-ssh-config.yaml b/manifests/base/config/argocd-image-updater-ssh-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c1c4aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/base/config/argocd-image-updater-ssh-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: argocd-image-updater-ssh-config
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: argocd-image-updater-ssh-config
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: argocd-image-updater
diff --git a/manifests/base/config/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/base/config/kustomization.yaml
index 9605515a..b1014027 100644
--- a/manifests/base/config/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/base/config/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ kind: Kustomization
 
 resources:
 - argocd-image-updater-cm.yaml
-- argocd-image-updater-secret.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
+- argocd-image-updater-secret.yaml
+- argocd-image-updater-ssh-config.yaml
diff --git a/manifests/base/deployment/argocd-image-updater-deployment.yaml b/manifests/base/deployment/argocd-image-updater-deployment.yaml
index 12ddd83e..b5b82607 100644
--- a/manifests/base/deployment/argocd-image-updater-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/base/deployment/argocd-image-updater-deployment.yaml
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ spec:
           name: image-updater-conf
         - mountPath: /app/config/ssh
           name: ssh-known-hosts
+        - mountPath: /app/.ssh
+          name: ssh-config
       serviceAccountName: argocd-image-updater
       volumes:
       - configMap:
@@ -119,3 +121,7 @@ spec:
           name: argocd-ssh-known-hosts-cm
           optional: true
         name: ssh-known-hosts
+      - configMap:
+          name: argocd-image-updater-ssh-config
+          optional: true
+        name: ssh-config
diff --git a/manifests/install.yaml b/manifests/install.yaml
index 08125113..775ae246 100644
--- a/manifests/install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/install.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ metadata:
   name: argocd-image-updater-config
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: argocd-image-updater-ssh-config
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: argocd-image-updater
+  name: argocd-image-updater-ssh-config
+---
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   labels:
@@ -179,6 +187,8 @@ spec:
           name: image-updater-conf
         - mountPath: /app/config/ssh
           name: ssh-known-hosts
+        - mountPath: /app/.ssh
+          name: ssh-config
       serviceAccountName: argocd-image-updater
       volumes:
       - configMap:
@@ -194,3 +204,7 @@ spec:
           name: argocd-ssh-known-hosts-cm
           optional: true
         name: ssh-known-hosts
+      - configMap:
+          name: argocd-image-updater-ssh-config
+          optional: true
+        name: ssh-config