diff --git a/deploy/marlowe-runtime/templates/marlowe-contract.yaml b/deploy/marlowe-runtime/templates/marlowe-contract.yaml
index 91f9a89d8d..87d9e00f56 100644
--- a/deploy/marlowe-runtime/templates/marlowe-contract.yaml
+++ b/deploy/marlowe-runtime/templates/marlowe-contract.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ spec:
             resources:
               requests:
                 storage: 200Gi
+      - type: k8s-update-strategy
+        properties:
+          strategy:
+            type: Recreate
   policies:
   - name: local-{{ $.Values.namespace }}
     properties: