diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 1e19d00..61220b1 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,66 @@ volumes:
 
 ---
 
+kind: pipeline
+type: kubernetes
+name: deploy-staging
+
+trigger:
+  event:
+    - push
+  branch:
+    - staging
+
+steps:
+- name: build-publish-image
+  image: plugins/docker
+  privileged: true
+  volumes:
+    - name: build
+      path: /drone/src/build
+  settings:
+    cache_from:
+      "dutchellie/${DRONE_REPO_NAME}:${DRONE_BRANCH}-latest"
+    username:
+      from_secret: org_docker_username
+    password:
+      from_secret: org_docker_password
+    dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    repo: dutchellie/${DRONE_REPO_NAME}
+    tags:
+      - ${DRONE_BRANCH}-${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
+      - ${DRONE_BRANCH}-latest
+- name: deploy
+  image: pelotech/drone-helm3
+  settings:
+    mode: upgrade
+    chart: .drone/helm/chart
+    namespace: drone-staging
+    release: ${DRONE_REPO_NAME}-${DRONE_BRANCH}
+    skip_tls_verify: true
+    values_files:
+      - .drone/helm/prod-val.yaml
+    values:
+      - "image=dutchellie/${DRONE_REPO_NAME}:${DRONE_BRANCH}-${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}"
+      - "baseURL=staging.quenten.nl"
+      - "name=${DRONE_REPO_NAME}-${DRONE_BRANCH}"
+    kube_api_server:
+      from_secret: org_api_server
+    kube_token:
+      from_secret: org_kube_token
+    kube_certificate:
+      from_secret: org_kube_certificate
+    kube_service_account: drone-deploy
+    dry_run: false
+  depends_on:
+    - build-publish-image
+
+volumes:
+  - name: build
+    temp: {}
+
+---
+
 kind: pipeline
 type: kubernetes
 name: deploy
@@ -68,6 +128,7 @@ trigger:
   branch:
     exclude:
       - main
+      - staging
 
 steps:
 - name: build-publish-image
diff --git a/.drone/helm/staging-val.yaml b/.drone/helm/staging-val.yaml
index 3759786..a504e63 100644
--- a/.drone/helm/staging-val.yaml
+++ b/.drone/helm/staging-val.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 baseURL: changemestaging.dutchellie.nl
 name: changeme-staging
-replicas: 2
 containerEnv:
 # - name: APIURL
 #   value: https://api.quenten.nl/api/testing