diff --git a/services/logging-operator/4.2.3/defaults/cm.yaml b/services/logging-operator/4.2.3/defaults/cm.yaml
index 6a679b4d6..a01e234da 100644
--- a/services/logging-operator/4.2.3/defaults/cm.yaml
+++ b/services/logging-operator/4.2.3/defaults/cm.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ metadata:
 data:
   values.yaml: |
     ---
+    enableRecreateWorkloadOnImmutableFieldChange: true
     clusterFlows:
       - name: cluster-containers
         spec:
diff --git a/services/logging-operator/4.2.3/pre-upgrade/pre-upgrade.yaml b/services/logging-operator/4.2.3/pre-upgrade/pre-upgrade.yaml
index fa23a8c7d..8a78a0e33 100644
--- a/services/logging-operator/4.2.3/pre-upgrade/pre-upgrade.yaml
+++ b/services/logging-operator/4.2.3/pre-upgrade/pre-upgrade.yaml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["secrets"]
     verbs: ["get", "watch", "list", "update", "patch", "create"]
-  - apiGroups: ["apps"]
-    resources: ["daemonsets"]
-    verbs: ["delete", "list"]
   - apiGroups: ["helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io"]
     resources: ["helmreleases"]
     verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
@@ -66,7 +63,4 @@ spec:
               fi
 
               helm mapkubeapis logging-operator --namespace ${releaseNamespace}
-
-              # handle spec.selector update in logging-operator 4.2.0
-              kubectl delete daemonset -n${releaseNamespace} -l app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=logging-operator-logging,app.kubernetes.io/name=fluentbit --ignore-not-found
               EOF