diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/console/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/console/templates/deployment.yaml
index a6b0b656c7..6aae28cd84 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/console/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/console/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 {{- else }}
 apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
 {{- end }}
-kind: StatefulSet
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: stratos
-{{- if .Values.console.statefulSetAnnotations }}
+{{- if .Values.console.deploymentAnnotations }}
   annotations:
-{{ toYaml .Values.console.statefulSetAnnotations | indent 4 }}
+    checksum/config: {{ default (randAlphaNum 5 | quote) .Values.console.checksum }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.console.deploymentAnnotations | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: "stratos"
@@ -19,12 +20,16 @@ metadata:
     helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
     app: "{{ .Release.Name }}"
     component: stratos
-{{- if .Values.console.statefulSetExtraLabels }}
-{{ toYaml .Values.console.statefulSetExtraLabels | indent 4 }}
+{{- if .Values.console.deploymentExtraLabels }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.console.deploymentExtraLabels | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
 spec:
-  serviceName: stratos
   replicas: 1
+  strategy:
+    type: RollingUpdate
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxSurge: 0
+      maxUnavailable: 1    
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: "stratos"
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/console/tests/custom_annotations_test.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/console/tests/custom_annotations_test.yaml
index 39a06a3787..451ffcd8c0 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/console/tests/custom_annotations_test.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/console/tests/custom_annotations_test.yaml
@@ -67,28 +67,30 @@ tests:
           value: r23453463456
         template: database.yaml
                                                                 
-# Stateful set
+# Stratos Deployment
 
-  - it: statefulset should not have annotaions unless configured
+  - it: stratos deploymentment should not have annotaions unless configured
     asserts:
       - isNull:
           path: metadata.annotations
         template: deployment.yaml
   - it: statefulset should support custom annotations
     set:
-      console.statefulSetAnnotations:
+      console.checksum: checksum-test
+      console.deploymentAnnotations:
         test-annotation: 172623
         test-annotation2: r23453463456
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: metadata.annotations
           value:
+            checksum/config: checksum-test        
             test-annotation: 172623
             test-annotation2: r23453463456
         template: deployment.yaml
-  - it: statefulset should support custom labels
+  - it: stratos deploymentment should support custom labels
     set:
-      console.statefulSetExtraLabels:
+      console.deploymentExtraLabels:
         test-label: 172623
         test-label2: r23453463456
     asserts:
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ tests:
           path: metadata.labels.test-label2
           value: r23453463456
         template: deployment.yaml
-  - it: statefulset should support custom labels and annotations on its pods
+  - it: stratos deploymentment should support custom labels and annotations on its pods
     set:
       console.podExtraLabels:
         test-label: 172623