diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/templates/django-deployment.yaml b/helm/defectdojo/templates/django-deployment.yaml
index 8ee54a356d3..b024a0afb35 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/templates/django-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/templates/django-deployment.yaml
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ spec:
           value: '{{ .Values.django.nginx.tls.enabled }}'
         - name: GENERATE_TLS_CERTIFICATE
           value: '{{ .Values.django.nginx.tls.generateCertificate }}'
+        {{- if .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.enabled }}
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /nginx_health
@@ -279,10 +280,13 @@ spec:
             httpHeaders:
             - name: Host
               value: {{ .Values.host }}
-          initialDelaySeconds: 10
-          periodSeconds: 10
-          failureThreshold: 6
-        {{- if .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.enabled }}
+          failureThreshold: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.failureThreshold }}
+          initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
+          periodSeconds: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.periodSeconds }}
+          successThreshold: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.successThreshold }}
+          timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.django.uwsgi.readinessProbe.enabled }}
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /uwsgi_health
@@ -293,11 +297,28 @@ spec:
             httpHeaders:
             - name: Host
               value: {{ .Values.host }}
-          failureThreshold: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.failureThreshold }}
-          initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
-          periodSeconds: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.periodSeconds }}
-          successThreshold: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.successThreshold }}
-          timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+          failureThreshold: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.readinessProbe.failureThreshold }}
+          initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
+          periodSeconds: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.readinessProbe.periodSeconds }}
+          successThreshold: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.readinessProbe.successThreshold }}
+          timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.django.uwsgi.startupProbe.enabled }}
+        startupProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /uwsgi_health
+            port: http
+            {{- if .Values.django.nginx.tls.enabled }}
+            scheme: HTTPS
+            {{- end }}
+            httpHeaders:
+            - name: Host
+              value: {{ .Values.host }}
+          failureThreshold: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.startupProbe.failureThreshold }}
+          initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.startupProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
+          periodSeconds: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.startupProbe.periodSeconds }}
+          successThreshold: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.startupProbe.successThreshold }}
+          timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.startupProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
         {{- end }}
         resources:
           {{- toYaml .Values.django.nginx.resources | nindent 10 }}
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml b/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml
index fd550967d1c..8cd5d0aca3b 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml
@@ -237,13 +237,29 @@ django:
   tolerations: []
   uwsgi:
     livenessProbe:
-      # Enable liveness checks on uwsgi container. Those values are use on nginx readiness checks as well.
+      # Enable liveness checks on uwsgi container.
       enabled: true
       failureThreshold: 6
-      initialDelaySeconds: 3
+      initialDelaySeconds: 0
       periodSeconds: 10
       successThreshold: 1
       timeoutSeconds: 5
+    readinessProbe:
+      # Enable readiness checks on uwsgi container.
+      enabled: true
+      failureThreshold: 6
+      initialDelaySeconds: 0
+      periodSeconds: 10
+      successThreshold: 1
+      timeoutSeconds: 5
+    startupProbe:
+      # Enable startup checks on uwsgi container.
+      enabled: true
+      failureThreshold: 30
+      initialDelaySeconds: 0
+      periodSeconds: 5
+      successThreshold: 1
+      timeoutSeconds: 1
     resources:
       requests:
         cpu: 100m