diff --git a/deploy/charts/buzz/Chart.yaml b/deploy/charts/buzz/Chart.yaml
index 68743d850..21fb63b24 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/buzz/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/buzz/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description: |
   PostgreSQL and Redis. Configurable for single-node evaluation
   (subcharts on) and HA production (external services, existingSecret).
 type: application
-version: 0.1.3
+version: 0.1.4
 appVersion: "0.1.0"
 home: https://github.com/block/buzz
 sources:
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ annotations:
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
     - kind: added
       description: Initial chart for Buzz relay.
+    - kind: added
+      description: relay.deploymentAnnotations knob for Deployment-level annotations (e.g. Stakater Reloader).
   artifacthub.io/license: Apache-2.0
 
 # Optional eval-only subcharts. Production deploys disable both and point
diff --git a/deploy/charts/buzz/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/charts/buzz/templates/deployment.yaml
index 10ebd3b7a..95934d6e4 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/buzz/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/buzz/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ include "buzz.fullname" . }}
   labels:
     {{- include "buzz.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- with .Values.relay.deploymentAnnotations }}
+  # Deployment-level annotations, e.g. Stakater Reloader to auto-roll pods
+  # when an external Secret (DB/Redis creds) rotates.
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
 spec:
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
   strategy:
diff --git a/deploy/charts/buzz/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/buzz/values.yaml
index 9edb534f1..e1d1067f3 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/buzz/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/buzz/values.yaml
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ relay:
 
   podAnnotations: {}
   podLabels: {}
+  # Annotations on the relay Deployment resource itself (not the pod template).
+  # Set e.g. secret.reloader.stakater.com/reload: <secret-name> to have
+  # Stakater Reloader roll the pods when that Secret rotates.
+  deploymentAnnotations: {}
   nodeSelector: {}
   tolerations: []
   affinity: {}