diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
index 12b571cc053..b5c0d9ceb02 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ metadata:
     addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
     version: v2.0
 spec:
+  updateStrategy:
+    type: RollingUpdate
   template:
     metadata:
       labels: