diff --git a/.github/pr-deployments/template/main.tf b/.github/pr-deployments/template/main.tf
index e463e69b901d3..f914089900729 100644
--- a/.github/pr-deployments/template/main.tf
+++ b/.github/pr-deployments/template/main.tf
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 terraform {
   required_providers {
     coder = {
-      source  = "coder/coder"
+      source = "coder/coder"
     }
     kubernetes = {
-      source  = "hashicorp/kubernetes"
+      source = "hashicorp/kubernetes"
     }
   }
 }
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "main" {
         "app.kubernetes.io/name" = "coder-workspace"
       }
     }
+    strategy {
+      type = "Recreate"
+    }
 
     template {
       metadata {
diff --git a/examples/templates/devcontainer-kubernetes/main.tf b/examples/templates/devcontainer-kubernetes/main.tf
index 635fd34d5ff0d..c61e26351e197 100644
--- a/examples/templates/devcontainer-kubernetes/main.tf
+++ b/examples/templates/devcontainer-kubernetes/main.tf
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "workspace" {
         "coder.workspace_id" = data.coder_workspace.me.id
       }
     }
+    strategy {
+      type = "Recreate"
+    }
     template {
       metadata {
         labels = {
diff --git a/examples/templates/kubernetes/main.tf b/examples/templates/kubernetes/main.tf
index 38ba4a7b8a706..b8ed0c3d78d74 100644
--- a/examples/templates/kubernetes/main.tf
+++ b/examples/templates/kubernetes/main.tf
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "main" {
         "app.kubernetes.io/name" = "coder-workspace"
       }
     }
+    strategy {
+      type = "Recreate"
+    }
 
     template {
       metadata {