diff --git a/charts/postgres-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/postgres-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index c2eb0ba23..5a87f0224 100644
--- a/charts/postgres-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/postgres-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ metadata:
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
 spec:
   replicas: 1
+  strategy:
+    type: "Recreate"
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ template "postgres-operator.name" . }}