diff --git a/products/pdt/cd/base/deployment.yaml b/products/pdt/cd/base/deployment.yaml
index b6f92e670..0b1168890 100644
--- a/products/pdt/cd/base/deployment.yaml
+++ b/products/pdt/cd/base/deployment.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         "app.kubernetes.io/name": "pdt"
     spec:
+      serviceAccountName: default
       containers:
         - image: pdt
           name: pdt
diff --git a/products/pdt/cd/overlays/staging/kustomization.yaml b/products/pdt/cd/overlays/staging/kustomization.yaml
index ffbb04cf9..e217a4544 100644
--- a/products/pdt/cd/overlays/staging/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/products/pdt/cd/overlays/staging/kustomization.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ patches:
       kind: Deployment
       name: pdt
     patch: |-
-      - op: add
-        path: /spec/template/spec
-        value:
-          serviceAccountName: pdt
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/template/spec/serviceAccountName
+        value: pdt