diff --git a/manifests/templates/bad-webserver.yaml.in b/manifests/templates/bad-webserver.yaml.in
index 9d3b4ee9e..d83690ddf 100644
--- a/manifests/templates/bad-webserver.yaml.in
+++ b/manifests/templates/bad-webserver.yaml.in
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     cdi.kubevirt.io/testing: ""
 spec:
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       name: cdi-bad-webserver
diff --git a/manifests/templates/file-host.yaml.in b/manifests/templates/file-host.yaml.in
index 6fcf9a2ea..7a0bc5108 100644
--- a/manifests/templates/file-host.yaml.in
+++ b/manifests/templates/file-host.yaml.in
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     cdi.kubevirt.io/testing: ""
 spec:
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       name: cdi-file-host
diff --git a/manifests/templates/imageio.yaml.in b/manifests/templates/imageio.yaml.in
index d5b14009b..696d7f71b 100644
--- a/manifests/templates/imageio.yaml.in
+++ b/manifests/templates/imageio.yaml.in
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     cdi.kubevirt.io/testing: ""
 spec:
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/manifests/templates/registry-host.yaml.in b/manifests/templates/registry-host.yaml.in
index aa2efe324..d2b8cef0f 100644
--- a/manifests/templates/registry-host.yaml.in
+++ b/manifests/templates/registry-host.yaml.in
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     cdi.kubevirt.io/testing: ""
 spec:
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       name: cdi-docker-registry-host
diff --git a/manifests/templates/test-proxy.yaml.in b/manifests/templates/test-proxy.yaml.in
index 62a3ca9a6..1171ac86e 100644
--- a/manifests/templates/test-proxy.yaml.in
+++ b/manifests/templates/test-proxy.yaml.in
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     cdi.kubevirt.io/testing: ""
 spec:
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/manifests/templates/vcenter.yaml.in b/manifests/templates/vcenter.yaml.in
index 79fa2b645..747477a99 100644
--- a/manifests/templates/vcenter.yaml.in
+++ b/manifests/templates/vcenter.yaml.in
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     cdi.kubevirt.io/testing: ""
 spec:
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: vcenter