diff --git a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/hpa.yaml b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/hpa.yaml
index b68f878..921abf6 100644
--- a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/hpa.yaml
+++ b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/hpa.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ spec:
     kind: Deployment
     name: {{ include "spire-server.fullname" . }}
   minReplicas: {{ .Values.autoscaling.minReplicas }}
+  {{- if and (eq .Values.dataStore.sql.databaseType "sqlite3") .Values.autoscaling.enabled (gt (int .Values.autoscaling.maxReplicas) 1) }}
+  {{- fail "When running with sqlite3 database, you can't scale up to more then one instance. 'autoscaling.maxReplicas' MUST be 1" }}
+  {{- end }}
   maxReplicas: {{ .Values.autoscaling.maxReplicas }}
   metrics:
     {{- if .Values.autoscaling.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage }}
diff --git a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/statefulset.yaml
index ab49400..c44a3d3 100644
--- a/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/spire/charts/spire-server/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ metadata:
     {{- include "spire-server.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
   {{- if not .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
+  {{- if and (eq .Values.dataStore.sql.databaseType "sqlite3") (gt (int .Values.replicaCount) 1) }}
+  {{- fail "When running with sqlite3 database, you can't scale up to more then one instance. 'replicaCount' MUST be 1" }}
+  {{- end }}
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
   {{- end }}
   serviceName: {{ include "spire-server.fullname" . }}