diff --git a/roles/provision-keycloak-apb/tasks/provision-postgres.yml b/roles/provision-keycloak-apb/tasks/provision-postgres.yml
index ef36091..02784f9 100644
--- a/roles/provision-keycloak-apb/tasks/provision-postgres.yml
+++ b/roles/provision-keycloak-apb/tasks/provision-postgres.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
     name: '{{ postgres_service_name }}'
     namespace: '{{ namespace }}'
     replicas: 1
+    spec_strategy_type: '{{ postgres_strategy_type }}'
+    spec_strategy_active_deadline_seconds: '{{ postgres_strategy_active_deadline_seconds }}'
+    spec_strategy_recreate_params:
+      timeoutSeconds: '{{ postgres_strategy_recreate_timeout }}'
     labels:
       app: '{{ app_name }}'
       service: '{{ postgres_service_name }}'
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 9908bee..5816926 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ postgres_secret_name: keycloak-postgres-secret
 keycloak_pv_claim_name: keycloak-metrics-pvc
 postgres_pv_claim_name: keycloak-postgres-pvc
 keycloak_admin_realm_name: master
-encode_asb_binding: yes
\ No newline at end of file
+encode_asb_binding: yes
+postgres_strategy_type: "Recreate"
+postgres_strategy_active_deadline_seconds: "21600"
+postgres_strategy_recreate_timeout: "600"