diff --git a/ceph-rgw/templates/deployment-rgw.yaml b/ceph-rgw/templates/deployment-rgw.yaml
index 88c634d4bb..5fc76eed39 100644
--- a/ceph-rgw/templates/deployment-rgw.yaml
+++ b/ceph-rgw/templates/deployment-rgw.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
 {{ tuple $envAll "ceph" "rgw" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_metadata_labels" | indent 6 }}
+{{ tuple $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_upgrades_deployment" | indent 2 }}
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
diff --git a/ceph-rgw/values.yaml b/ceph-rgw/values.yaml
index 319341725a..477a36d3e4 100644
--- a/ceph-rgw/values.yaml
+++ b/ceph-rgw/values.yaml
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ pod:
   dns_policy: "ClusterFirstWithHostNet"
   replicas:
     rgw: 2
+  lifecycle:
+    upgrades:
+      deployments:
+        pod_replacement_strategy: RollingUpdate
+        revision_history: 3
+        rolling_update:
+          max_surge: 50%
+          max_unavailable: 50%
   affinity:
     anti:
       type: