diff --git a/apps/k8s01/gitlab-runner/hetzner-runner.yaml b/apps/k8s01/gitlab-runner/hetzner-runner.yaml
index ce694508efff283e177b7fab15054e09c9f47e84..f365c43ebe422b6d9a567f636a7a210da51b3c08 100644
--- a/apps/k8s01/gitlab-runner/hetzner-runner.yaml
+++ b/apps/k8s01/gitlab-runner/hetzner-runner.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ spec:
   upgrade:
     remediation:
       retries: -1
+  postRenderers:
+    - kustomize:
+        patchesStrategicMerge:
+          - kind: Deployment
+            apiVersion: apps/v1
+            metadata:
+              name: hetzner-runner-gitlab-runner
+              namespace: gitlab-runner
+            spec:
+              strategy:
+                type: Recreate
   valuesFrom:
     - kind: ConfigMap
       name: gitlab-runner-base-values