diff --git a/deploy/helm/pulse/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/helm/pulse/templates/deployment.yaml
index 8a1a64814..d1efe9afc 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/pulse/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/pulse/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ metadata:
     {{- include "pulse.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
+  strategy:
+    type: {{ .Values.strategy.type | default "RollingUpdate" }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       {{- include "pulse.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
diff --git a/deploy/helm/pulse/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/pulse/values.yaml
index 8ff54d5e4..672fa7f5e 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/pulse/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/pulse/values.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 replicaCount: 1
 
+# Deployment strategy. Default is RollingUpdate, but Recreate is recommended
+# when using ReadWriteOnce (RWO) persistent volumes to avoid Multi-Attach errors.
+strategy:
+  type: RollingUpdate
+
 image:
   repository: rcourtman/pulse
   # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.