diff --git a/manifests/workloads/gitea/values.yaml b/manifests/workloads/gitea/values.yaml
index a8864978..9501f78d 100644
--- a/manifests/workloads/gitea/values.yaml
+++ b/manifests/workloads/gitea/values.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+replicaCount: 1
+
 global:
   imageRegistry: core.harbor.homelab.danmanners.com/docker.io
   storageClass: ceph-rbd
@@ -6,6 +8,9 @@ persistence:
   storageClass: ceph-rbd
   size: 40Gi
 
+strategy:
+  type: Recreate
+
 service:
   http:
     type: ClusterIP