diff --git a/charts/kamu-api-server/Chart.yaml b/charts/kamu-api-server/Chart.yaml
index 226141d..0d6ceb6 100644
--- a/charts/kamu-api-server/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kamu-api-server/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: kamu-api-server
 description: API server component of the Kamu Compute Node
 type: application
-version: 0.36.0
+version: 0.36.1
 appVersion: "0.36.0"
 home: https://kamu.dev
 icon: https://www.kamu.dev/images/kamu_logo_icon_bg_square.png
diff --git a/charts/kamu-api-server/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/kamu-api-server/templates/deployment.yaml
index 4544f33..3435b32 100644
--- a/charts/kamu-api-server/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kamu-api-server/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ spec:
   {{- if not .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
   {{- end }}
+  # TODO: This is an unfortunate temporary measure to prevent race conditions between
+  # the old process that is executing flows/tasks and processing domain events
+  # and a new replacement process that will try to pick up unprocessed work upon startup.
+  # Soon this will be replaced by proper DB locking / leader election, but meanwhile `Recreate`
+  # strategy ensures that the old pod is killed before deploying a new one. This significantly
+  # increases the chance of causing downtime if a replacement pod fails to start correctly.
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       {{- include "kamu-api-server.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}