diff --git a/meta-operator.py b/meta-operator.py
index b705c71..cd8cc5e 100755
--- a/meta-operator.py
+++ b/meta-operator.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ async def apply_changes(operator, item, v1, revision, apps_api, api_instance):
     # Generate Services
     for name, body in transform_template(operator["spec"].get("services", [])):
         try:
-            await v1.patch_namespaced_service(name, namespace, body)
+            await v1.replace_namespaced_service(name, namespace, body)
             logger.info("Updated service %s/%s", namespace, name)
         except client.exceptions.ApiException:
             await v1.create_namespaced_service(namespace, body)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ async def apply_changes(operator, item, v1, revision, apps_api, api_instance):
     # Generate ConfigMaps
     for name, body in transform_template(operator["spec"].get("configmaps", [])):
         try:
-            await v1.patch_namespaced_config_map(name, namespace, body)
+            await v1.replace_namespaced_config_map(name, namespace, body)
             logger.info("Updated configmap %s/%s", namespace, name)
         except client.exceptions.ApiException:
             await v1.create_namespaced_config_map(namespace, body)
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ async def apply_changes(operator, item, v1, revision, apps_api, api_instance):
         if replicas:
             body["spec"]["replicas"] = replicas
         try:
-            await apps_api.patch_namespaced_deployment(name, namespace, body)
+            await apps_api.replace_namespaced_deployment(name, namespace, body)
             logger.info("Updated deployment %s/%s", namespace, name)
         except client.exceptions.ApiException:
             await apps_api.create_namespaced_deployment(namespace, body)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ async def apply_changes(operator, item, v1, revision, apps_api, api_instance):
         if replicas:
             body["spec"]["replicas"] = replicas
         try:
-            await apps_api.patch_namespaced_stateful_set(name, namespace, body)
+            await apps_api.replace_namespaced_stateful_set(name, namespace, body)
             logger.info("Updated statefulset %s/%s", namespace, name)
         except client.exceptions.ApiException:
             await apps_api.create_namespaced_stateful_set(namespace, body)