diff --git a/templates/fastapi/files/.platform.app.yaml b/templates/fastapi/files/.platform.app.yaml
index 6ec3b8a7c..1321a2f8d 100644
--- a/templates/fastapi/files/.platform.app.yaml
+++ b/templates/fastapi/files/.platform.app.yaml
@@ -34,3 +34,9 @@ relationships:
 web:
     commands:
         start: python server.py
+
+source:
+  operations:
+    auto-update:
+      command: |
+        curl -fsS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platformsh/source-operations/main/setup.sh | { bash /dev/fd/3 sop-autoupdate; } 3<&0