diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 657431e04..b17eda5e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Change Log
 
 ## [master](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/master) (N/A)
+- Added annotation to rotate ArangoDeployment in secure way
 
 ## [1.0.0](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.0.0) (2020-03-03)
 - Removal of v1alpha support for ArangoDeployment, ArangoDeploymentReplication, ArangoBackup
diff --git a/docs/design/README.md b/docs/design/README.md
index 61fb869bb..ee091d638 100644
--- a/docs/design/README.md
+++ b/docs/design/README.md
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
 - [Scaling](./scaling.md)
 - [Status](./status.md)
 - [Upgrading](./upgrading.md)
+- [Rotating Pods](./rotating.md)
 - [Maintenance](./maintenance.md)
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diff --git a/docs/design/rotating.md b/docs/design/rotating.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cd7a1591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/design/rotating.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Rotation
+
+## ArangoDeployment
+
+Rotation of ArangoDeployment Pods can be triggered by Pod deletion or by annotation (safe way).
+
+Using annotation Pods gonna be rotated one-by-one which will keep cluster alive.
+
+Key: `deployment.arangodb.com/rotation`
+Value: `true`
+
+To rotate ArangoDeployment Pod kubectl command can be used:
+`kubectl annotate pod arango-pod deployment.arangodb.com/rotation=true`
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diff --git a/pkg/apis/deployment/annotations.go b/pkg/apis/deployment/annotations.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f47e26353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/apis/deployment/annotations.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//
+// DISCLAIMER
+//
+// Copyright 2020 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+// Copyright holder is ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+//
+// Author Adam Janikowski
+//
+
+package deployment
+
+const (
+	ArangoDeploymentAnnotationPrefix         = "deployment.arangodb.com"
+	ArangoDeploymentPodMaintenanceAnnotation = ArangoDeploymentAnnotationPrefix + "/maintenance"
+	ArangoDeploymentPodRotateAnnotation      = ArangoDeploymentAnnotationPrefix + "/rotate"
+)
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/deployment_inspector.go b/pkg/deployment/deployment_inspector.go
index aab2cc399..98686ba15 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/deployment_inspector.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/deployment_inspector.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/apis/deployment"
+
 	api "github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/apis/deployment/v1"
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/metrics"
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/util"
@@ -37,10 +39,6 @@ var (
 	inspectDeploymentDurationGauges = metrics.MustRegisterGaugeVec(metricsComponent, "inspect_deployment_duration", "Amount of time taken by a single inspection of a deployment (in sec)", metrics.DeploymentName)
 )
 
-const (
-	arangoDeploymentMaintenanceAnnotation = "deployment.arangodb.com/maintenance"
-)
-
 // inspectDeployment inspects the entire deployment, creates
 // a plan to update if needed and inspects underlying resources.
 // This function should be called when:
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ func (d *Deployment) inspectDeployment(lastInterval util.Interval) util.Interval
 	} else {
 		// Check if maintenance annotation is set
 		if updated != nil && updated.Annotations != nil {
-			if v, ok := updated.Annotations[arangoDeploymentMaintenanceAnnotation]; ok && v == "true" {
+			if v, ok := updated.Annotations[deployment.ArangoDeploymentPodMaintenanceAnnotation]; ok && v == "true" {
 				// Disable checks if we will enter maintenance mode
 				log.Info().Str("deployment", deploymentName).Msg("Deployment in maintenance mode")
 				return nextInterval
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_rotate_upgrade.go b/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_rotate_upgrade.go
index f9254f344..42b555ffa 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_rotate_upgrade.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_rotate_upgrade.go
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/apis/deployment"
+	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/deployment/pod"
+
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/deployment/pod"
 
 	"github.com/arangodb/go-driver"
@@ -87,6 +90,17 @@ func createRotateOrUpgradePlan(log zerolog.Logger, apiObject k8sutil.APIObject,
 					newPlan = createRotateMemberPlan(log, m, group, reason)
 				}
 			}
+
+			if !newPlan.IsEmpty() {
+				// Only rotate/upgrade 1 pod at a time
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if pod.Annotations != nil {
+				if _, ok := pod.Annotations[deployment.ArangoDeploymentPodRotateAnnotation]; ok {
+					newPlan = createRotateMemberPlan(log, m, group, "Rotation flag present")
+				}
+			}
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/util/k8sutil/map.go b/pkg/util/k8sutil/map.go
index fd1c6ebd7..010a672ed 100644
--- a/pkg/util/k8sutil/map.go
+++ b/pkg/util/k8sutil/map.go
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@
 
 package k8sutil
 
-import "regexp"
+import (
+	"regexp"
+
+	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/apis/deployment"
+)
 
 const (
 	kubernetesAnnotationMatch = ".*kubernetes\\.io/.*"
-	arangoAnnotationMatch     = ".*arangodb\\.com/"
+	arangoAnnotationMatch     = ".*arangodb\\.com/.*"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -50,6 +54,29 @@ func init() {
 	arangoAnnotationRegex = r
 }
 
+func isFilteredBlockedAnnotation(key string) bool {
+	switch key {
+	case deployment.ArangoDeploymentPodRotateAnnotation:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+func filterBlockedAnnotations(m map[string]string) map[string]string {
+	n := map[string]string{}
+
+	for key, value := range m {
+		if isFilteredBlockedAnnotation(key) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		n[key] = value
+	}
+
+	return n
+}
+
 // MergeAnnotations into one annotations map
 func MergeAnnotations(annotations ...map[string]string) map[string]string {
 	ret := map[string]string{}
@@ -114,7 +141,12 @@ func filterActualAnnotations(actual, expected map[string]string) map[string]stri
 
 // CompareAnnotations will compare annotations, but will ignore secured annotations which are present in
 // actual but not specified in expected map
+// It will also filter out blocked annotations
 func CompareAnnotations(actual, expected map[string]string) bool {
+	return compareAnnotations(filterBlockedAnnotations(actual), filterBlockedAnnotations(expected))
+}
+
+func compareAnnotations(actual, expected map[string]string) bool {
 	actualFiltered := filterActualAnnotations(actual, expected)
 
 	if actualFiltered == nil && expected == nil {