diff --git a/test/unit/injector-deployment.bats b/test/unit/injector-deployment.bats
index 0f475df..52df03d 100755
--- a/test/unit/injector-deployment.bats
+++ b/test/unit/injector-deployment.bats
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ load _helpers
   [ "${value}" = "RELEASE-NAME-vault-agent-injector-svc,RELEASE-NAME-vault-agent-injector-svc.${namespace:-default},RELEASE-NAME-vault-agent-injector-svc.${namespace:-default}.svc" ]
 }
 
-@test "injector/deployment: manual TLS adds volume mount" { 
+@test "injector/deployment: manual TLS adds volume mount" {
    cd `chart_dir`
    local object=$(helm template \
        --show-only templates/injector-deployment.yaml  \
@@ -452,6 +452,27 @@ load _helpers
   [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
 }
 
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+# topologySpreadConstraints
+
+@test "injector/deployment: topologySpreadConstraints is null by default" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local actual=$(helm template \
+      --show-only templates/injector-deployment.yaml  \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq '.spec.template.spec | .topologySpreadConstraints? == null' | tee /dev/stderr)
+}
+
+@test "injector/deployment: topologySpreadConstraints can be set as YAML" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local actual=$(helm template \
+      --show-only templates/injector-deployment.yaml \
+      --set "injector.topologySpreadConstraints[0].foo=bar,injector.topologySpreadConstraints[1].baz=qux" \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq '.spec.template.spec.topologySpreadConstraints == [{"foo": "bar"}, {"baz": "qux"}]' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
+}
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # tolerations
 
@@ -695,4 +716,4 @@ load _helpers
   local value=$(echo $object |
       yq -r 'map(select(.name=="AGENT_INJECT_TEMPLATE_CONFIG_EXIT_ON_RETRY_FAILURE")) | .[] .value' | tee /dev/stderr)
   [ "${value}" = "false" ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/values.schema.json b/values.schema.json
index ff2c41d..75f4d06 100644
--- a/values.schema.json
+++ b/values.schema.json
@@ -370,8 +370,7 @@
                 "topologySpreadConstraints": {
                     "type": [
                         "null",
-                        "array",
-                        "string"
+                        "array"
                     ]
                 },
                 "webhookAnnotations": {