diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/values.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/values.yaml
index b4cea4c..ee3c5c4 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/values.yaml
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@
 # default number of instances
 replicaCount: 1
 
+updateStrategy:
+  type: RollingUpdate
+  maxUnavailable: 0
+  maxSurge: 1
+
 nodeSelector: {}
 
 affinity: {}