diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/deployment.yaml
index 232ff09b3..922aa5c14 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: rook-ceph-operator
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
diff --git a/deploy/examples/operator-openshift.yaml b/deploy/examples/operator-openshift.yaml
index 7f9ff976f..40fa5edad 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/operator-openshift.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/operator-openshift.yaml
@@ -534,6 +534,8 @@ spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: rook-ceph-operator
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   replicas: 1
   template:
     metadata:
diff --git a/deploy/examples/operator.yaml b/deploy/examples/operator.yaml
index 8f9a348db..f97d986f5 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/operator.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/operator.yaml
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: rook-ceph-operator
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   replicas: 1
   template:
     metadata: