diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-petclinic-gke.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-petclinic-gke.yaml
index 00c01773c..66313c7dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-petclinic-gke.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-petclinic-gke.yaml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
           NEW_IMAGE="${GAR_LOCATION}-docker.pkg.dev/${GCP_PROJECT_ID}/${GAR_REPOSITORY}/${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
           grep -n "image:" "$YAML_PATH"
           sed -i "s#^\(\s*image:\s*\).*#\1${NEW_IMAGE}#" "$YAML_PATH"
-
+      
       - name: Commit and push changes
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
         run: |
diff --git a/k8s/gcp/20-petclinic-Deployments-postgre.yaml b/k8s/gcp/20-petclinic-Deployments-postgre.yaml
index 1d142dc1e..0caeb675a 100644
--- a/k8s/gcp/20-petclinic-Deployments-postgre.yaml
+++ b/k8s/gcp/20-petclinic-Deployments-postgre.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ spec:
               value: "postgres"
             - name: SPRING_DATASOURCE_DRIVER_CLASS_NAME
               value: "org.postgresql.Driver"
-
+            - name: SPRING_SQL_INIT_MODE
+              value: "never"
+            - name: SPRING_JPA_HIBERNATE_DDL_AUTO
+              value: "none"
+              
           ports:
             - name: http
               containerPort: 8080