diff --git a/deploy/services/helm-charts/dss/values.example.yaml b/deploy/services/helm-charts/dss/values.example.yaml
index 1f3a25de2..e5b5094c2 100644
--- a/deploy/services/helm-charts/dss/values.example.yaml
+++ b/deploy/services/helm-charts/dss/values.example.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ cockroachdb:
     args:
       - --locality-advertise-addr=zone=interuss-example-google-ew1@$(hostname -f)
       - --advertise-addr=${HOSTNAME##*-}.db.example.com
+    updateStrategy:
+      rollingUpdate:
+        partition: 0 # Used for migrations. See /deploy/MIGRATIONS.md#helm-deployment-notes
 
   storage:
     persistentVolume: