diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/templates/django-deployment.yaml b/helm/defectdojo/templates/django-deployment.yaml
index 398aa767cb3..72f6de46b49 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/templates/django-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/templates/django-deployment.yaml
@@ -221,6 +221,16 @@ spec:
           successThreshold: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.successThreshold }}
           timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.django.uwsgi.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.django.uwsgi.startupProbe.enabled }}
+        startupProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+            - /app/manage.py
+            - migrate
+            - --check
+          initialDelaySeconds: 5
+          periodSeconds: 5
+        {{- end }}
         resources:
           {{- toYaml .Values.django.uwsgi.resources | nindent 10 }}
       - name: nginx
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml b/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml
index 1faba1520b3..c2986c61373 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml
@@ -220,10 +220,12 @@ django:
       # Enable liveness checks on uwsgi container. Those values are use on nginx readiness checks as well.
       enabled: true
       failureThreshold: 6
-      initialDelaySeconds: 120
+      initialDelaySeconds: 10
       periodSeconds: 10
       successThreshold: 1
       timeoutSeconds: 5
+    startupProbe:
+      enabled: true
     resources:
       requests:
         cpu: 100m