diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
index bc5f04002373ccd4fbb110fb99f4a435f76501a4..7d98d43e374b5f55cf2929b739210fd396666c4c 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: kube-state-metrics
 spec:
-  replicas: 2
+  replicas: 1
   template:
     metadata:
       labels: