diff --git a/helm/fuel-block-committer/Chart.yaml b/helm/fuel-block-committer/Chart.yaml
index 9bb8c41d..15f142eb 100644
--- a/helm/fuel-block-committer/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/fuel-block-committer/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.5.0
+version: 0.5.1
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/helm/fuel-block-committer/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/fuel-block-committer/templates/deployment.yaml
index 85a2e13c..d6fc55df 100644
--- a/helm/fuel-block-committer/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/fuel-block-committer/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     {{- include "fuel-block-committer.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
+  strategy:
+    type: {{ .Values.updateStrategyType }}
   {{- if not .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
   {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/fuel-block-committer/values.yaml b/helm/fuel-block-committer/values.yaml
index 615d94be..980d2891 100644
--- a/helm/fuel-block-committer/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/fuel-block-committer/values.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ autoscaling:
   targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 80
   # targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage: 80
 
+updateStrategyType: Recreate
+
 nodeSelector: {}
 
 tolerations: []