diff --git a/controllers/notificationsconfiguration/configmap.go b/controllers/notificationsconfiguration/configmap.go
index fd81188e0..4b3efd558 100644
--- a/controllers/notificationsconfiguration/configmap.go
+++ b/controllers/notificationsconfiguration/configmap.go
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ package notificationsconfiguration
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
-
+	"github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-operator/api/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-operator/controllers/argoutil"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"reflect"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller/controllerutil"
-
-	"github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-operator/api/v1alpha1"
-	"github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-operator/controllers/argoutil"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -65,7 +64,16 @@ func (r *NotificationsConfigurationReconciler) reconcileNotificationsConfigmap(c
 		expectedConfiguration["context"] = mapToString(cr.Spec.Context)
 	}
 
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedConfiguration, NotificationsConfigMap.Data) {
+	// check context separately as converting context map to string produce different string due to random serialization of map value
+	changed := checkIfContextEquals(cr, NotificationsConfigMap)
+
+	for k, _ := range expectedConfiguration {
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedConfiguration[k], NotificationsConfigMap.Data[k]) && k != "context" {
+			changed = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	if changed {
 		NotificationsConfigMap.Data = expectedConfiguration
 		err := r.Client.Update(context.TODO(), NotificationsConfigMap)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -76,6 +84,7 @@ func (r *NotificationsConfigurationReconciler) reconcileNotificationsConfigmap(c
 	// Do nothing
 	return nil
 }
+
 func mapToString(m map[string]string) string {
 	result := ""
 	for key, value := range m {
@@ -83,3 +92,26 @@ func mapToString(m map[string]string) string {
 	}
 	return result
 }
+
+// checkIfContextEquals checks if context value in NotificationConfiguration and notificationConfigMap context have same value
+// return true if there is difference, and false if no changes observed
+func checkIfContextEquals(cr *v1alpha1.NotificationsConfiguration, notificationConfigMap *corev1.ConfigMap) bool {
+	cmContext := strings.Split(strings.TrimSuffix(notificationConfigMap.Data["context"], "\n"), "\n")
+	if len(cmContext) == len(cr.Spec.Context) {
+		// Create a map for quick lookups
+		stringMap := make(map[string]bool)
+		for _, item := range cmContext {
+			stringMap[item] = true
+		}
+
+		// Check for each item in array1
+		for key, value := range cr.Spec.Context {
+			if !stringMap[fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", key, value)] {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}