diff --git a/k8s/production/ingress-nginx/release.yaml b/k8s/production/ingress-nginx/release.yaml
index 32317ca98..17539eb30 100644
--- a/k8s/production/ingress-nginx/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/ingress-nginx/release.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
 
       autoscaling:
         enabled: true
-        minReplicas: 1
+        minReplicas: 2
         maxReplicas: 40
         targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 50
         targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage: 50