diff --git a/devops/gc/deploy/templates/deployment.yaml b/devops/gc/deploy/templates/deployment.yaml
index b363dca8f899ee765e7812ab7a18b74164d154f8..998f9ea80897cadbba3a78d6cc7f7e97591207b8 100644
--- a/devops/gc/deploy/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/devops/gc/deploy/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: {{ .Values.conf.appName  | quote}}
-  replicas: 1
+  replicas: {{ .Values.conf.replicas }}
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
diff --git a/devops/gc/deploy/values.yaml b/devops/gc/deploy/values.yaml
index f87091d7cb84c91de42d0bfdd80345b0730a6243..e78d466f563fba2c17aa6222c17e667d860e8c98 100644
--- a/devops/gc/deploy/values.yaml
+++ b/devops/gc/deploy/values.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ conf:
   openidSecretName: "notification-keycloak-secret"
   notificationRedisSecretName: "notification-redis-secret"
   redisSSL: false
+  replicas: 1
 
 istio:
   proxyCPU: "5m"