diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment_trigger_controller.go b/pkg/controller/deployment_trigger_controller.go
index 78f78d8..9448962 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment_trigger_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment_trigger_controller.go
@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@ func (r *DeploymentTriggerController) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 			newMaxPods, _ = newObj.GetAnnotations()[reco.OttoscalrMaxPodAnnotation]
 			oldMaxPods, _ = oldObj.GetAnnotations()[reco.OttoscalrMaxPodAnnotation]
 
-			if newMaxPods != oldMaxPods {
+			var newDefaultPolicy, oldDefaultPolicy string
+			newDefaultPolicy, _ = newObj.GetAnnotations()[reco.DefaultPolicyAnnotation]
+			oldDefaultPolicy, _ = oldObj.GetAnnotations()[reco.DefaultPolicyAnnotation]
+
+			if newMaxPods != oldMaxPods || newDefaultPolicy != oldDefaultPolicy {
 				return true
 			}
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment_trigger_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/deployment_trigger_controller_test.go
index 3b5914f..cc1689a 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment_trigger_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment_trigger_controller_test.go
@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
 	rolloutv1alpha1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	ottoscaleriov1alpha1 "github.com/flipkart-incubator/ottoscalr/api/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/flipkart-incubator/ottoscalr/pkg/reco"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"time"
 )
 
 //+kubebuilder:docs-gen:collapse=Imports
@@ -363,4 +365,116 @@ var _ = Describe("Deployment controller", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
+	Context("When updating the default annotation for a Deployment", func() {
+		var deployment *appsv1.Deployment
+		var policyreco *ottoscaleriov1alpha1.PolicyRecommendation
+		ctx := context.TODO()
+		now := metav1.Now()
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			deployment = &appsv1.Deployment{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      DeploymentName,
+					Namespace: DeploymentNamespace,
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						"ottoscalr.io/max-pods": "60",
+					},
+				},
+
+				Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
+					Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+						MatchLabels: map[string]string{
+							"app": "test-app",
+						},
+					},
+					Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Labels: map[string]string{
+								"app": "test-app",
+							},
+						},
+						Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+							Containers: []v1.Container{
+								{
+									Name:  "test-container",
+									Image: "nginx:1.17.5",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			policyreco = &ottoscaleriov1alpha1.PolicyRecommendation{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      DeploymentName,
+					Namespace: DeploymentNamespace,
+				},
+				Spec: ottoscaleriov1alpha1.PolicyRecommendationSpec{
+					WorkloadMeta: ottoscaleriov1alpha1.WorkloadMeta{
+						Name: DeploymentName,
+					},
+					Policy:               "test-policy",
+					GeneratedAt:          &now,
+					TransitionedAt:       &now,
+					QueuedForExecution:   &falseBool,
+					QueuedForExecutionAt: &now,
+				},
+			}
+			Expect(k8sClient1.Create(ctx, policyreco)).Should(Succeed())
+
+			Expect(k8sClient1.Create(ctx, deployment)).Should(Succeed())
+		})
+		AfterEach(func() {
+			Expect(k8sClient1.Delete(ctx, deployment)).Should(Succeed())
+			Expect(k8sClient1.Delete(ctx, policyreco)).Should(Succeed())
+		})
+		It("Should requeue the policyreco", func() {
+			By("By updating the max pod annotation for a Deployment")
+
+			createdDeployment := &appsv1.Deployment{}
+			createdPolicy := &ottoscaleriov1alpha1.PolicyRecommendation{}
+
+			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+
+			Eventually(func() bool {
+				err := k8sClient1.Get(ctx,
+					types.NamespacedName{Name: DeploymentName, Namespace: DeploymentNamespace},
+					createdDeployment)
+				if err != nil {
+					return false
+				}
+
+				err = k8sClient1.Get(ctx,
+					types.NamespacedName{Name: DeploymentName, Namespace: DeploymentNamespace},
+					createdPolicy)
+				if err != nil {
+					return false
+				}
+				return true
+			}, timeout, interval).Should(BeTrue())
+
+			Expect(createdDeployment.Name).Should(Equal(DeploymentName))
+
+			createdPolicyString, _ := json.MarshalIndent(createdPolicy, "", "   ")
+			fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "%s\n", createdPolicyString)
+
+			Expect(createdPolicy.Spec.QueuedForExecution).Should(Equal(&falseBool))
+
+			createdDeployment.Annotations[reco.DefaultPolicyAnnotation] = "p-target-30"
+			Expect(k8sClient1.Update(ctx, createdDeployment)).Should(Succeed())
+			updatedPolicy := &ottoscaleriov1alpha1.PolicyRecommendation{}
+
+			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+
+			k8sClient1.Get(ctx,
+				types.NamespacedName{Name: DeploymentName, Namespace: DeploymentNamespace},
+				updatedPolicy)
+			updatedPolicyRecoString, _ := json.MarshalIndent(updatedPolicy, "", "   ")
+			fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Updated: %s\n", updatedPolicyRecoString)
+
+			Expect(updatedPolicy.Spec.QueuedForExecution).Should(Equal(&trueBool))
+
+		})
+	})
+
 })