diff --git a/charts/deckhand/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/deckhand/templates/deployment.yaml
index 24f9137c..3773b9f7 100644
--- a/charts/deckhand/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/deckhand/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ spec:
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
 {{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "deckhand" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
+      affinity:
+{{ tuple $envAll "deckhand" "api" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_anti_affinity" | indent 8 }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{ .Values.labels.api.node_selector_key }}: {{ .Values.labels.api.node_selector_value }}
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{ .Values.pod.lifecycle.termination_grace_period.deckhand.timeout | default "30" }}
diff --git a/charts/deckhand/values.yaml b/charts/deckhand/values.yaml
index b92ea35d..58e5faa2 100644
--- a/charts/deckhand/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/deckhand/values.yaml
@@ -354,6 +354,12 @@ pod:
     termination_grace_period:
       deckhand:
         timeout: 30
+  affinity:
+    anti:
+      type:
+        default: preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution
+      topologyKey:
+        default: kubernetes.io/hostname
   replicas:
     deckhand: 1
   resources: