diff --git a/helm-charts/gerrit-master/README.md b/helm-charts/gerrit-master/README.md
index 3dfe685..702d17f 100644
--- a/helm-charts/gerrit-master/README.md
+++ b/helm-charts/gerrit-master/README.md
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@
 | `gerritMaster.images.gerritInit`             | Image name of the Gerrit init container image                                                   | `k8s-gerrit/gerrit-init`                                                                 |
 | `gerritMaster.images.gerritMaster`           | Image name of the Gerrit master container image                                                 | `k8s-gerrit/gerrit-master`                                                               |
 | `gerritMaster.replicas`                      | Number of replica pods to deploy                                                                | `1`                                                                                      |
-| `gerritMaster.maxSurge`                      | Max. percentage or number of pods allowed to be scheduled above the desired number              | `25%`                                                                                    |
-| `gerritMaster.maxUnavailable`                | Max. percentage or number of pods allowed to be unavailable at a time                           | `100%`                                                                                   |
+| `gerritMaster.updatePartition`               | Number of pods to update simultaneously                                                         | `1`                                                                                      |
 | `gerritMaster.resources`                     | Configure the amount of resources the pod requests/is allowed                                   | `requests.cpu: 1`                                                                        |
 |                                              |                                                                                                 | `requests.memory: 5Gi`                                                                   |
 |                                              |                                                                                                 | `limits.cpu: 1`                                                                          |
diff --git a/helm-charts/gerrit-master/templates/gerrit-master.stateful-set.yaml b/helm-charts/gerrit-master/templates/gerrit-master.stateful-set.yaml
index bfae1f6..dd8575f 100644
--- a/helm-charts/gerrit-master/templates/gerrit-master.stateful-set.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/gerrit-master/templates/gerrit-master.stateful-set.yaml
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@
 spec:
   serviceName: {{ .Release.Name }}-gerrit-master-service
   replicas: {{ .Values.gerritMaster.replicas | default 1 }}
-  strategy:
+  updateStrategy:
     rollingUpdate:
-      maxSurge: {{ .Values.gerritMaster.maxSurge }}
-      maxUnavailable: {{ .Values.gerritMaster.maxUnavailable }}
+      partition: {{ .Values.gerritMaster.updatePartition }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: gerrit-master
diff --git a/helm-charts/gerrit-master/values.yaml b/helm-charts/gerrit-master/values.yaml
index 1637d42..ccdabf9 100644
--- a/helm-charts/gerrit-master/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/gerrit-master/values.yaml
@@ -74,10 +74,7 @@
     gerritMaster: k8sgerrit/gerrit-master
 
   replicas: 1
-  maxSurge: 25%
-  # For just one replica, 100 % unavailability has to be allowed for updates to
-  # work.
-  maxUnavailable: 100%
+  updatePartition: 1
 
   # The memory limit has to be higher than the configures heap-size for Java!
   resources: