diff --git a/src/commands/app/deploy.js b/src/commands/app/deploy.js
index 274c3028..bc275c4d 100644
--- a/src/commands/app/deploy.js
+++ b/src/commands/app/deploy.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const LogForwarding = require('../../lib/log-forwarding')
 const { sendAppAssetsDeployedAuditLog, sendAppDeployAuditLog } = require('../../lib/audit-logger')
 const { setRuntimeApiHostAndAuthHandler, getAccessToken } = require('../../lib/auth-helper')
 const logActions = require('../../lib/log-actions')
+const aioConfigLoader = require('@adobe/aio-lib-core-config')
 
 const PRE_DEPLOY_EVENT_REG = 'pre-deploy-event-reg'
 const POST_DEPLOY_EVENT_REG = 'post-deploy-event-reg'
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ class Deploy extends BuildCommand {
               // output should be "Error : <plugin-name> : <error-message>\n" for each failure
               this.error(hookResults.failures.map(f => `${f.plugin.name} : ${f.error.message}`).join('\nError: '), { exit: 1 })
             }
+            aioConfigLoader.reload()
             deployedRuntimeEntities = await rtLib.deployActions(config, { filterEntities, useForce: flags['force-deploy'] }, onProgress)
           }
 
diff --git a/test/commands/app/deploy.test.js b/test/commands/app/deploy.test.js
index 1337f173..64c65435 100644
--- a/test/commands/app/deploy.test.js
+++ b/test/commands/app/deploy.test.js
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   helpers.buildExcShellViewExtensionMetadata.mockReset()
   helpers.createWebExportFilter.mockReset()
   helpers.rewriteActionUrlInEntities.mockReset()
+  mockConfig.reload.mockReset()
   mockLogForwarding.isLocalConfigChanged.mockReset()
   mockLogForwarding.getLocalConfigWithSecrets.mockReset()
   mockLogForwarding.updateServerConfig.mockReset()
@@ -868,6 +869,24 @@ describe('run', () => {
     expect(command.error).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
   })
 
+  test('deploy reloads config before deploying actions', async () => {
+    command.getAppExtConfigs.mockResolvedValueOnce(createAppConfig(command.appConfig))
+    const noScriptFound = undefined
+    helpers.runInProcess
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(noScriptFound) // pre-app-deploy
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(noScriptFound) // deploy-actions
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(noScriptFound) // post-app-deploy
+
+    command.argv = ['--no-web-assets']
+    await command.run()
+
+    expect(mockConfig.reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(mockRuntimeLib.deployActions).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(mockConfig.reload.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]).toBeLessThan(
+      mockRuntimeLib.deployActions.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+    )
+  })
+
   test('deploy (has deploy-actions and deploy-static hooks)', async () => {
     command.getAppExtConfigs.mockResolvedValueOnce(createAppConfig(command.appConfig))
     const noScriptFound = undefined