diff --git a/templates/deployment.yaml b/templates/deployment.yaml
index ca2d8d0..d723c7a 100644
--- a/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ spec:
   {{- if not .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
   {{- end }}
+  strategy:
+    type: {{ .Values.deploymentStrategy.type }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       {{- include "n8n.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 2947915..c2e6aac 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ persistence:
 
 replicaCount: 1
 
+deploymentStrategy:
+  type: "Recreate"
+
 image:
   repository: n8nio/n8n
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent