diff --git a/components/datadog/agent/kubernetes_helm.go b/components/datadog/agent/kubernetes_helm.go
index c8bdd1a0c..09a8a0948 100644
--- a/components/datadog/agent/kubernetes_helm.go
+++ b/components/datadog/agent/kubernetes_helm.go
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ func buildLinuxHelmValues(baseName, agentImagePath, agentImageTag, clusterAgentI
 				"tag":           pulumi.String(clusterAgentImageTag),
 				"doNotCheckTag": pulumi.Bool(true),
 			},
-			"replicas": pulumi.Int(1),
+			"replicas": pulumi.Int(2),
 			"metricsProvider": pulumi.Map{
 				"enabled":           pulumi.Bool(true),
 				"useDatadogMetrics": pulumi.Bool(true),