diff --git a/incubator/kafka/Chart.yaml b/incubator/kafka/Chart.yaml
index 204dbf3354..2ba06a7259 100755
--- a/incubator/kafka/Chart.yaml
+++ b/incubator/kafka/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 description: Apache Kafka is publish-subscribe messaging rethought as a distributed
   commit log.
 name: kafka
-version: 0.2.12
+version: 0.2.13
 keywords:
 - kafka
 - zookeeper
diff --git a/incubator/kafka/README.md b/incubator/kafka/README.md
index 552bb187c3..9567dab02e 100644
--- a/incubator/kafka/README.md
+++ b/incubator/kafka/README.md
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ following configurable parameters:
 | `storage`                      | Kafka Persistent volume size                                                                                                                     | `1Gi`                                                      |
 | `configurationOverrides`       | `Kafka ` [configuration setting](https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#brokerconfigs) overrides in the dictionary format `setting.name: value` | `{}`                                                       |
 | `schema-registry.enabled`      | If True, installs Schema Registry Chart                                                                                                          | `false`                                                    |
-| `updateStrategy`               | The type of StatefulSet update strategy to use. One of `OnDelete` or `RollingUpdate`                                   | `OnDelete`                                                 |
-| `rollingUpdatePartition`       | When `RollingUpdate` is the `updateStrategy`, which `partition` of the statefulset is updated first.                   | `0`                                                        |
+| `updateStrategy`               | StatefulSet update strategy to use.                                                                                                              | `{ type: "OnDelete" }`                                     |
 | `zookeeper.enabled`            | If True, installs Zookeeper Chart                                                                                                                | `true`                                                     |
 | `zookeeper.url`                | URL of Zookeeper Cluster (unneeded if installing Zookeeper Chart)                                                                                | `""`                                                       |
 | `zookeeper.port`               | Port of Zookeeper Cluster                                                                                                                        | `2181`                                                     |
diff --git a/incubator/kafka/requirements.lock b/incubator/kafka/requirements.lock
index 79542203f9..e66bb28a80 100644
--- a/incubator/kafka/requirements.lock
+++ b/incubator/kafka/requirements.lock
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: zookeeper
   repository: https://kubernetes-charts-incubator.storage.googleapis.com/
-  version: 0.4.3
+  version: 0.4.4
 - name: schema-registry
   repository: https://kubernetes-charts-incubator.storage.googleapis.com/
   version: 0.1.0
-digest: sha256:44e2a18583a8ecc8c92ccf042f69f1b656c2e06b01bef6fb03e289b2d511c7fc
-generated: 2017-12-23T13:47:40.667268-08:00
+digest: sha256:1c6ea22f85337e08488fa9b094e9b740393aabb0d893d5cad3128a0e4cec0e44
+generated: 2018-01-27T11:06:29.660226-08:00
diff --git a/incubator/kafka/requirements.yaml b/incubator/kafka/requirements.yaml
index 1df5a031f8..68d23feab5 100644
--- a/incubator/kafka/requirements.yaml
+++ b/incubator/kafka/requirements.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: zookeeper
-  version: 0.4.3
+  version: 0.4.4
   repository: https://kubernetes-charts-incubator.storage.googleapis.com/
   condition: zookeeper.enabled
 - name: schema-registry
diff --git a/incubator/kafka/templates/statefulset.yaml b/incubator/kafka/templates/statefulset.yaml
index bea684c761..69a6611ef8 100644
--- a/incubator/kafka/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/incubator/kafka/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   serviceName: {{ template "kafka.fullname" . }}-headless
   updateStrategy:
-    type: {{ .Values.updateStrategy }}
-    {{ if eq .Values.updateStrategy "RollingUpdate" -}}
-    rollingUpdate:
-      partition: {{ .Values.rollingUpdatePartition }}
-    {{- end }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.updateStrategy | indent 4 }}
   replicas: {{ default 3 .Values.replicas }}
   template:
     metadata:
diff --git a/incubator/kafka/values.yaml b/incubator/kafka/values.yaml
index 2726c57f2c..cf3b5a6c0b 100644
--- a/incubator/kafka/values.yaml
+++ b/incubator/kafka/values.yaml
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@ storage: "1Gi"
 
 ## The StatefulSet Update Strategy which Kafka will use when changes are applied.
 ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/statefulset/#update-strategies
-updateStrategy: "OnDelete"
-
-## If `updateStrategy` is set to "RollingUpdate", you may optionally specify which partition
-## should be updated first.
-## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/statefulset/#partitions
-rollingUpdatePartition: 0
+updateStrategy:
+  type: "OnDelete"
 
 ## The name of the storage class which the cluster should use.
 # storageClass: default