diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/nnf_datamovementmanager_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/nnf_datamovementmanager_types.go
index 091a033f0..db0dc96a4 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/nnf_datamovementmanager_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/nnf_datamovementmanager_types.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package v1alpha1
 
 import (
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ type NnfDataMovementManagerSpec struct {
 	// manages the per node data movement operations.
 	Template corev1.PodTemplateSpec `json:"template"`
 
+	// UpdateStrategy defines the UpdateStrategy that is used for the basis of the worker Daemon Set
+	// that manages the per node data movement operations.
+	UpdateStrategy appsv1.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy `json:"updateStrategy"`
+
 	// Host Path defines the directory location of shared mounts on an individual worker node.
 	HostPath string `json:"hostPath"`
 
diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 96f3c58ad..4f0fce8cd 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ func (in *NnfDataMovementManagerSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *NnfDataMovementManagerSp
 	*out = *in
 	in.Selector.DeepCopyInto(&out.Selector)
 	in.Template.DeepCopyInto(&out.Template)
+	in.UpdateStrategy.DeepCopyInto(&out.UpdateStrategy)
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new NnfDataMovementManagerSpec.
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/nnf.cray.hpe.com_nnfdatamovementmanagers.yaml b/config/crd/bases/nnf.cray.hpe.com_nnfdatamovementmanagers.yaml
index ce62f1932..823ed564f 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/nnf.cray.hpe.com_nnfdatamovementmanagers.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/nnf.cray.hpe.com_nnfdatamovementmanagers.yaml
@@ -7626,11 +7626,75 @@ spec:
                     - containers
                     type: object
                 type: object
+              updateStrategy:
+                description: UpdateStrategy defines the UpdateStrategy that is used
+                  for the basis of the worker Daemon Set that manages the per node
+                  data movement operations.
+                properties:
+                  rollingUpdate:
+                    description: 'Rolling update config params. Present only if type
+                      = "RollingUpdate". --- TODO: Update this to follow our convention
+                      for oneOf, whatever we decide it to be. Same as Deployment `strategy.rollingUpdate`.
+                      See https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/35345'
+                    properties:
+                      maxSurge:
+                        anyOf:
+                        - type: integer
+                        - type: string
+                        description: 'The maximum number of nodes with an existing
+                          available DaemonSet pod that can have an updated DaemonSet
+                          pod during during an update. Value can be an absolute number
+                          (ex: 5) or a percentage of desired pods (ex: 10%). This
+                          can not be 0 if MaxUnavailable is 0. Absolute number is
+                          calculated from percentage by rounding up to a minimum of
+                          1. Default value is 0. Example: when this is set to 30%,
+                          at most 30% of the total number of nodes that should be
+                          running the daemon pod (i.e. status.desiredNumberScheduled)
+                          can have their a new pod created before the old pod is marked
+                          as deleted. The update starts by launching new pods on 30%
+                          of nodes. Once an updated pod is available (Ready for at
+                          least minReadySeconds) the old DaemonSet pod on that node
+                          is marked deleted. If the old pod becomes unavailable for
+                          any reason (Ready transitions to false, is evicted, or is
+                          drained) an updated pod is immediatedly created on that
+                          node without considering surge limits. Allowing surge implies
+                          the possibility that the resources consumed by the daemonset
+                          on any given node can double if the readiness check fails,
+                          and so resource intensive daemonsets should take into account
+                          that they may cause evictions during disruption.'
+                        x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
+                      maxUnavailable:
+                        anyOf:
+                        - type: integer
+                        - type: string
+                        description: 'The maximum number of DaemonSet pods that can
+                          be unavailable during the update. Value can be an absolute
+                          number (ex: 5) or a percentage of total number of DaemonSet
+                          pods at the start of the update (ex: 10%). Absolute number
+                          is calculated from percentage by rounding up. This cannot
+                          be 0 if MaxSurge is 0 Default value is 1. Example: when
+                          this is set to 30%, at most 30% of the total number of nodes
+                          that should be running the daemon pod (i.e. status.desiredNumberScheduled)
+                          can have their pods stopped for an update at any given time.
+                          The update starts by stopping at most 30% of those DaemonSet
+                          pods and then brings up new DaemonSet pods in their place.
+                          Once the new pods are available, it then proceeds onto other
+                          DaemonSet pods, thus ensuring that at least 70% of original
+                          number of DaemonSet pods are available at all times during
+                          the update.'
+                        x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
+                    type: object
+                  type:
+                    description: Type of daemon set update. Can be "RollingUpdate"
+                      or "OnDelete". Default is RollingUpdate.
+                    type: string
+                type: object
             required:
             - hostPath
             - mountPath
             - selector
             - template
+            - updateStrategy
             type: object
           status:
             description: NnfDataMovementManagerStatus defines the observed state of