diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9175ca9..ef2a483 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ and their default values.
 | `priorityClass.enabled`            | Enable specifying pod priorityClassName                                          | `false`                        |
 | `priorityClass.name`               | PriorityClassName to be specified in pod spec                                    | `""`                           |
 | `replicaCount`                     | Desired number of pods                                                           | `1`                            |
+| `replicaCountEnabled`              | Enable the replicaCount field                                                    | `true`                         |
 | `livenessProbe`                    | Configuration of liveness probe                                                  | `{}`                           |
 | `readinessProbe`                   | Configuration of readiness probe                                                 | `{}`                           |
 | `resources`                        | CPU/Memory resource requests/limits                                              | `{}`                           |
diff --git a/charts/verdaccio/Chart.yaml b/charts/verdaccio/Chart.yaml
index 3e71678..fac3b45 100644
--- a/charts/verdaccio/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/verdaccio/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 description: A lightweight private node.js proxy registry
 name: verdaccio
-version: 4.16.0
+version: 4.16.1
 appVersion: 5.29.0
 home: https://verdaccio.org
 icon: https://cdn.verdaccio.dev/logos/default.png
diff --git a/charts/verdaccio/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/verdaccio/templates/deployment.yaml
index 52a0e0e..6c0b087 100644
--- a/charts/verdaccio/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/verdaccio/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ metadata:
     {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
 spec:
+  {{- if .Values.replicaCountEnabled }}
   replicas: {{ default 1 .Values.replicaCount }}
+  {{- end}}
   revisionHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.revisionHistoryLimit }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/charts/verdaccio/values.yaml b/charts/verdaccio/values.yaml
index dc4448a..7e832fd 100644
--- a/charts/verdaccio/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/verdaccio/values.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ podLabels: {}
 ##
 podAnnotations: {}
 
+replicaCountEnabled: true
 replicaCount: 1
 
 revisionHistoryLimit: 10