diff --git a/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset-data.yaml b/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset-data.yaml
index 036fe158e..34fb1890c 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset-data.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/templates/statefulset-data.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
 {{ tuple $envAll "elasticsearch" "data" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_metadata_labels" | indent 4 }}
 spec:
+{{ tuple $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_upgrades_statefulset" | indent 2 }}
   serviceName: {{ tuple "elasticsearch" "data" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.hostname_short_endpoint_lookup" }}
   replicas: {{ .Values.pod.replicas.data }}
   selector:
diff --git a/elasticsearch/values.yaml b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
index 203bd4854..57f397f14 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/values.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ pod:
     client: 3
   lifecycle:
     upgrades:
+      statefulsets:
+        pod_replacement_strategy: RollingUpdate
       deployments:
         revision_history: 3
         pod_replacement_strategy: RollingUpdate