diff --git a/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
index e1845aeb4..df7dbbdc3 100644
--- a/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ spec:
     matchLabels:
       {{- include "dendrite.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
   replicas: 1
+  strategy:
+    type: {{ $.Values.strategy.type }}
+    {{- if eq $.Values.strategy.type "RollingUpdate" }}
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxSurge: {{ $.Values.strategy.rollingUpdate.maxSurge }}
+      maxUnavailable: {{ $.Values.strategy.rollingUpdate.maxUnavailable }}
+    {{- end }}
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
@@ -19,13 +26,6 @@ spec:
       annotations:
         confighash: secret-{{ .Values.dendrite_config | toYaml | sha256sum | trunc 32 }}
     spec:
-      strategy:
-        type: {{ $.Values.strategy.type }}
-        {{- if eq $.Values.strategy.type "RollingUpdate" }}
-        rollingUpdate:
-          maxSurge: {{ $.Values.strategy.rollingUpdate.maxSurge }}
-          maxUnavailable: {{ $.Values.strategy.rollingUpdate.maxUnavailable }}
-        {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: {{ include "dendrite.fullname" . }}-conf-vol
         secret: