diff --git a/api/compute/v1alpha1/common.go b/api/compute/v1alpha1/common.go
index c09bbb3c..45a3cf71 100644
--- a/api/compute/v1alpha1/common.go
+++ b/api/compute/v1alpha1/common.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ type PodPolicy struct {
 
 	// TerminationGracePeriodSeconds is the amount of time that kubernetes will give
 	// for a pod before terminating it.
-	TerminationGracePeriodSeconds int64 `json:"terminationGracePeriodSeconds,omitempty"`
+	TerminationGracePeriodSeconds *int64 `json:"terminationGracePeriodSeconds,omitempty"`
 
 	// List of volumes that can be mounted by containers belonging to the pod.
 	// More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes
diff --git a/controllers/spec/common.go b/controllers/spec/common.go
index 18c56180..f8fac93c 100644
--- a/controllers/spec/common.go
+++ b/controllers/spec/common.go
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ func makePodTemplate(container *corev1.Container, filebeatContainer *corev1.Cont
 		Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 			InitContainers:                initContainers,
 			Containers:                    containers,
-			TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: &policy.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds,
+			TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: policy.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds,
 			Volumes:                       volumes,
 			NodeSelector:                  policy.NodeSelector,
 			Affinity:                      policy.Affinity,