diff --git a/kustomize/components/pgupgrade/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/components/pgupgrade/kustomization.yaml
index 946499c78..d8c2d2a68 100644
--- a/kustomize/components/pgupgrade/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/components/pgupgrade/kustomization.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ resources:
   - ./quay-pg-old.deployment.yaml
 patchesStrategicMerge:
   - ./quay.deployment.patch.yaml
-  - ./quay-pg.statefulset.patch.yaml
+  - ./quay-pg.deployment.patch.yaml
diff --git a/kustomize/components/pgupgrade/quay-pg.statefulset.patch.yaml b/kustomize/components/pgupgrade/quay-pg.deployment.patch.yaml
similarity index 80%
rename from kustomize/components/pgupgrade/quay-pg.statefulset.patch.yaml
rename to kustomize/components/pgupgrade/quay-pg.deployment.patch.yaml
index 2ff6bd9c0..bfcae5312 100644
--- a/kustomize/components/pgupgrade/quay-pg.statefulset.patch.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/components/pgupgrade/quay-pg.deployment.patch.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: StatefulSet
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: quay-database
 spec:
diff --git a/kustomize/components/postgres/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/components/postgres/kustomization.yaml
index 772c89302..205c3e3aa 100644
--- a/kustomize/components/postgres/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/components/postgres/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ kind: Component
 resources:
   - ./postgres.serviceaccount.yaml
   - ./postgres.persistentvolumeclaim.yaml
-  - ./postgres.statefulset.yaml
+  - ./postgres.deployment.yaml
   - ./postgres.service.yaml
   - ./postgres-conf-sample.configmap.yaml
 secretGenerator:
diff --git a/kustomize/components/postgres/postgres.statefulset.yaml b/kustomize/components/postgres/postgres.deployment.yaml
similarity index 96%
rename from kustomize/components/postgres/postgres.statefulset.yaml
rename to kustomize/components/postgres/postgres.deployment.yaml
index b76cf2130..6f18ad244 100644
--- a/kustomize/components/postgres/postgres.statefulset.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/components/postgres/postgres.deployment.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: StatefulSet
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: quay-database
   labels:
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     quay-component: postgres
 spec:
-  serviceName: quay-database
   replicas: 1
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       quay-component: postgres
@@ -75,4 +76,3 @@ spec:
             requests:
               cpu: 500m
               memory: 2Gi
-  volumeClaimTemplates: []