diff --git a/internal/apply/planner.go b/internal/apply/planner.go
index f247e16..a9219ea 100644
--- a/internal/apply/planner.go
+++ b/internal/apply/planner.go
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ func (p *EdgeConnectPlanner) getCurrentAppState(ctx context.Context, desired *Ap
 		LastUpdated:  time.Now(), // EdgeConnect doesn't provide this, so use current time
 	}
 
+	// Calculate current manifest hash
+	hasher := sha256.New()
+	hasher.Write([]byte(app.DeploymentManifest))
+	current.ManifestHash = fmt.Sprintf("%x", hasher.Sum(nil))
+
 	// Note: EdgeConnect API doesn't currently support annotations for manifest hash tracking
 	// This would be implemented when the API supports it
 
diff --git a/sdk/examples/comprehensive/EdgeConnectConfig.yaml b/sdk/examples/comprehensive/EdgeConnectConfig.yaml
index 37bde30..842494a 100644
--- a/sdk/examples/comprehensive/EdgeConnectConfig.yaml
+++ b/sdk/examples/comprehensive/EdgeConnectConfig.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spec:
   #   image: "https://registry-1.docker.io/library/nginx:latest"
   k8sApp:
     appVersion: "1.0.0"
-    manifestFile: "./k8s-deployment.yaml" # store hash of the manifest file in annotation field. Annotations is a comma separated map of arbitrary key value pairs,
+    manifestFile: "./k8s-deployment.yaml"
   infraTemplate:
     - organization: "edp2"
       region: "EU"