diff --git a/tables-api/bin/deploy-ingress-nginx b/tables-api/bin/deploy-ingress-nginx
index 673d040e..70e2ce4f 100755
--- a/tables-api/bin/deploy-ingress-nginx
+++ b/tables-api/bin/deploy-ingress-nginx
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ template=$( cat "$template_path" | \
 echo "Creating ingress-nginx resources..."
 
 # Apply the template.
-echo "$template" | kubectl apply -f -
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+echo "$template" | kubectl apply -f -
diff --git a/tables-api/ingress-nginx.yaml b/tables-api/ingress-nginx.yaml
index eee26040..51a7bb11 100644
--- a/tables-api/ingress-nginx.yaml
+++ b/tables-api/ingress-nginx.yaml
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ spec:
   type: ClusterIP
 ---
 apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
+kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ metadata:
   name: tables-api-nginx-controller
   namespace: tables-api-nginx
 spec:
+  serviceName: tables-api-nginx-controller
   minReadySeconds: 0
   revisionHistoryLimit: 10
   selector:
diff --git a/tables-api/tables-api.yaml b/tables-api/tables-api.yaml
index 3d3dd99a..a044ec59 100644
--- a/tables-api/tables-api.yaml
+++ b/tables-api/tables-api.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
+kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: tables-api-primary
   labels:
     app: tables-api-primary
 spec:
   replicas: 4
+  serviceName: tables-api-primary
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       component: tables-api-primary
@@ -73,13 +74,14 @@ spec:
           timeoutSeconds: 20
 ---
 apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
+kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: tables-api-reader
   labels:
     app: tables-api-reader
 spec:
   replicas: 6
+  serviceName: tables-api-reader
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       component: tables-api-reader
@@ -195,4 +197,4 @@ spec:
           service:
             name: tables-api-primary
             port:
-              number: 80
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+              number: 80