diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index 360b024f8..86984a101 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 error_log stderr notice;
 
-worker_processes auto;
+worker_processes 1;
 events {
   multi_accept on;
   use epoll;