diff --git a/pkg/controller/v1alpha2/applicationconfiguration/applicationconfiguration.go b/pkg/controller/v1alpha2/applicationconfiguration/applicationconfiguration.go
index 48032b22..9ea0abe9 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/v1alpha2/applicationconfiguration/applicationconfiguration.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/v1alpha2/applicationconfiguration/applicationconfiguration.go
@@ -294,20 +294,23 @@ func (r *OAMApplicationReconciler) Reconcile(req reconcile.Request) (result reco
 		record.Event(ac, event.Normal(reasonGGComponent, "Successfully garbage collected component"))
 	}
 
+	// patch the final status
+	acPatch := client.MergeFrom(ac.DeepCopyObject())
+
 	ac.Status.Workloads = make([]v1alpha2.WorkloadStatus, len(workloads))
 	for i := range workloads {
 		ac.Status.Workloads[i] = workloads[i].Status()
 	}
-
 	ac.SetConditions(v1alpha1.ReconcileSuccess())
-
 	ac.Status.Dependency = v1alpha2.DependencyStatus{}
 	waitTime := longWait
 	if len(depStatus.Unsatisfied) != 0 {
 		waitTime = dependCheckWait
 		ac.Status.Dependency = *depStatus
 	}
-	return reconcile.Result{RequeueAfter: waitTime}, errors.Wrap(r.client.Status().Update(ctx, ac), errUpdateAppConfigStatus)
+
+	return reconcile.Result{RequeueAfter: waitTime},
+		errors.Wrap(r.client.Status().Patch(ctx, ac, acPatch, client.FieldOwner(ac.GetUID())), errUpdateAppConfigStatus)
 }
 
 // if any finalizers newly registered, return true
diff --git a/pkg/controller/v1alpha2/applicationconfiguration/applicationconfiguration_test.go b/pkg/controller/v1alpha2/applicationconfiguration/applicationconfiguration_test.go
index c30ec922..c1707d78 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/v1alpha2/applicationconfiguration/applicationconfiguration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/v1alpha2/applicationconfiguration/applicationconfiguration_test.go
@@ -272,6 +272,25 @@ func TestReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 							}
 							return nil
 						}),
+						MockStatusPatch: test.NewMockStatusPatchFn(nil, func(o runtime.Object) error {
+							want := ac(
+								withConditions(runtimev1alpha1.ReconcileSuccess()),
+								withWorkloadStatuses(v1alpha2.WorkloadStatus{
+									ComponentName: componentName,
+									Reference: runtimev1alpha1.TypedReference{
+										APIVersion: workload.GetAPIVersion(),
+										Kind:       workload.GetKind(),
+										Name:       workload.GetName(),
+									},
+								}),
+								withDependencyStatus(depStatus),
+							)
+							if diff := cmp.Diff(want, o.(*v1alpha2.ApplicationConfiguration), cmpopts.EquateEmpty()); diff != "" {
+								t.Errorf("\nclient.Status().Update(): -want, +got:\n%s", diff)
+								return errUnexpectedStatus
+							}
+							return nil
+						}),
 					},
 				},
 				o: []ReconcilerOption{
@@ -362,6 +381,24 @@ func TestReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 							}
 							return nil
 						}),
+						MockStatusPatch: test.NewMockStatusPatchFn(nil, func(o runtime.Object) error {
+							want := ac(
+								withWorkloadStatuses(v1alpha2.WorkloadStatus{
+									ComponentName: componentName,
+									Reference: runtimev1alpha1.TypedReference{
+										APIVersion: workload.GetAPIVersion(),
+										Kind:       workload.GetKind(),
+										Name:       workload.GetName(),
+									},
+								}),
+							)
+							want.SetConditions(runtimev1alpha1.ReconcileSuccess())
+							if diff := cmp.Diff(want, o.(*v1alpha2.ApplicationConfiguration), cmpopts.EquateEmpty()); diff != "" {
+								t.Errorf("\nclient.Status().Update(): -want, +got:\n%s", diff)
+								return errUnexpectedStatus
+							}
+							return nil
+						}),
 					},
 				},
 				o: []ReconcilerOption{
@@ -461,6 +498,24 @@ func TestReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 							}
 							return nil
 						}),
+						MockStatusPatch: test.NewMockStatusPatchFn(nil, func(o runtime.Object) error {
+							want := ac(
+								withConditions(runtimev1alpha1.ReconcileSuccess()),
+								withWorkloadStatuses(v1alpha2.WorkloadStatus{
+									ComponentName: componentName,
+									Reference: runtimev1alpha1.TypedReference{
+										APIVersion: workload.GetAPIVersion(),
+										Kind:       workload.GetKind(),
+										Name:       workload.GetName(),
+									},
+								}),
+							)
+							if diff := cmp.Diff(want, o.(*v1alpha2.ApplicationConfiguration), cmpopts.EquateEmpty()); diff != "" {
+								t.Errorf("\nclient.Status().Update(): -want, +got:\n%s", diff)
+								return errUnexpectedStatus
+							}
+							return nil
+						}),
 					},
 				},
 				o: []ReconcilerOption{