diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index fc5649eba919f6b0fe029267edb2d6fd145c93d2..b6bbc99a25c13b09c18937cfedf4f68bafaac283 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.2.2] - 2018-09-12
+### Fixed
+* upgrade performs with `--recreate-pods` to always recreate pods
+
+
 ## [1.2.1] - 2018-09-05
 ### Changed
 * enable import image prior to build process with `--input`
@@ -26,3 +31,4 @@
 [1.1.1]: https://git.sc.uni-leipzig.de/ubl/bdd_dev/webmasterei/deployer/compare/release%2F1.1.0...release%2F1.1.1
 [1.2.0]: https://git.sc.uni-leipzig.de/ubl/bdd_dev/webmasterei/deployer/compare/release%2F1.1.1...release%2F1.2.0
 [1.2.1]: https://git.sc.uni-leipzig.de/ubl/bdd_dev/webmasterei/deployer/compare/release%2F1.2.0...release%2F1.2.1
+[1.2.2]: https://git.sc.uni-leipzig.de/ubl/bdd_dev/webmasterei/deployer/compare/release%2F1.2.1...release%2F1.2.2
diff --git a/assets/deployer b/assets/deployer
index 6cc36675ffcfef24ee0f7e96332c550b47bfed6a..486e4c06c99f674f8111b1472e87ed6e511445ce 100755
--- a/assets/deployer
+++ b/assets/deployer
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ helm_deploy() {
 
 	helmargs=$(echo -e "$helmargs" | sed -E 's/(^[[:space:]]*)|([[:space:]]*$)//g')
 	cmd="helm upgrade --install --wait --timeout=60 --tiller-namespace=${namespace}"
-	cmd="$cmd --namespace=${namespace} ${name} ${charts} ${helmargs}"
+	cmd="$cmd --namespace=${namespace} --recreate-pods ${name} ${charts} ${helmargs}"
 
 	out=`$cmd 2>&1`
 	if [ "$?" != "0" ];then