diff --git a/ops/production-deploy.tmpl.yaml b/ops/production-deploy.tmpl.yaml
index b830391e..a50f77af 100644
--- a/ops/production-deploy.tmpl.yaml
+++ b/ops/production-deploy.tmpl.yaml
@@ -220,6 +220,16 @@ worker:
     limits:
       memory: "8Gi"
       cpu: "2000m"
+  affinity:
+    podAntiAffinity:
+      requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+      - labelSelector:
+          matchExpressions:
+          - key: name
+            operator: In
+            values:
+              - {{ include "hyrax.fullname" . }}-worker
+        topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
   podSecurityContext:
     runAsUser: 1001
     runAsGroup: 101
@@ -228,6 +238,17 @@ worker:
   extraVolumeMounts: *volMounts
   extraEnvVars: *envVars
 
+affinity:
+  podAntiAffinity:
+    requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+    - labelSelector:
+        matchExpressions:
+        - key: name
+          operator: In
+          values:
+            - {{ include "hyrax.fullname" . }}
+      topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
+
 podSecurityContext:
   runAsUser: 1001
   runAsGroup: 101