diff --git a/loki/k8s/loki-values.yaml b/loki/k8s/loki-values.yaml
index 5ec7f1e..0894f1a 100644
--- a/loki/k8s/loki-values.yaml
+++ b/loki/k8s/loki-values.yaml
@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@ backend:
 
 gateway:
   replicas: 1
+  # Single node: chart default is required podAntiAffinity on hostname +
+  # RollingUpdate 25%/25% (effective maxUnavailable=0 at replicas=1).
+  # That deadlocks the rollout: the new pod stays Unschedulable while the
+  # old one lives, and the old one never leaves while the new one is not
+  # Ready. Null clears the default (an empty map would deep-merge with it
+  # and keep the required rule); maxUnavailable=1 allows a brief gateway
+  # outage during rollouts instead of a stuck deploy.
+  affinity: null
+  deploymentStrategy:
+    type: RollingUpdate
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxSurge: 1
+      maxUnavailable: 1
   resources:
     requests:
       memory: "32Mi"