diff --git a/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml b/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
index d5e0334..a295c19 100644
--- a/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ spec:
         # start; layers themselves are still cached so the pull is
         # cheap (~50 ms when content is unchanged, fresh otherwise).
         {{- range $i, $a := .Values.addons }}
+        {{- /* Skip odoo-builtin rows — they ship inside the odoo
+             image, have no addon image to materialize, and have
+             empty $a.image / $a.version which would render
+             `image: :` and break YAML parsing. They get tracked in
+             the overlay (Phase 2 Promote work, #344) for
+             reconcile + audit but produce no init container. */ -}}
+        {{- if and $a.code $a.image $a.version (ne $a.source "odoo-builtin") }}
         - name: addon-{{ $a.code | replace "_" "-" | lower }}
           image: {{ $a.image }}:{{ $a.version }}
           imagePullPolicy: Always
@@ -147,6 +154,7 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /target
         {{- end }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: odoo
           image: "{{ .Values.odoo.image }}:{{ .Values.odoo.tag }}"