diff --git a/charts/apisix/README.md b/charts/apisix/README.md
index 36482ae7..dabc2341 100644
--- a/charts/apisix/README.md
+++ b/charts/apisix/README.md
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 | podSecurityContext | object | `{}` | Set the securityContext for Apache APISIX pods |
 | priorityClassName | string | `""` | Set [priorityClassName](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/pod-priority-preemption/#pod-priority) for Apache APISIX pods |
 | rbac.create | bool | `false` |  |
+| readinessProbe | object | `{"failureThreshold":6,"initialDelaySeconds":10,"periodSeconds":10,"successThreshold":1,"tcpSocket":{"port":9080},"timeoutSeconds":1}` | Set the readinessProbe for Apache APISIX pods |
 | replicaCount | int | `1` | if useDaemonSet is true or autoscaling.enabled is true, replicaCount not become effective |
 | resources | object | `{}` | Set pod resource requests & limits |
 | securityContext | object | `{}` | Set the securityContext for Apache APISIX container |
diff --git a/charts/apisix/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/apisix/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2a92928c..74271fb6 100644
--- a/charts/apisix/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/apisix/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -153,13 +153,7 @@ spec:
 
           {{- if ne .Values.apisix.deployment.role "control_plane" }}
           readinessProbe:
-            failureThreshold: 6
-            initialDelaySeconds: 10
-            periodSeconds: 10
-            successThreshold: 1
-            tcpSocket:
-              port: {{ .Values.service.http.containerPort }}
-            timeoutSeconds: 1
+          {{- toYaml .Values.readinessProbe | nindent 12 }}
           {{- end }}
           lifecycle:
             preStop:
diff --git a/charts/apisix/values.yaml b/charts/apisix/values.yaml
index 4debf80f..94119703 100644
--- a/charts/apisix/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/apisix/values.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ securityContext: {}
   # runAsNonRoot: true
   # runAsUser: 1000
 
+# -- Set the readinessProbe for Apache APISIX pods
+readinessProbe:
+  failureThreshold: 6
+  initialDelaySeconds: 10
+  periodSeconds: 10
+  successThreshold: 1
+  tcpSocket:
+    port: &apisixServiceHttpContainerPort 9080
+  timeoutSeconds: 1
+
 # -- See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/configure-pdb/ for more details
 podDisruptionBudget:
   # -- Enable or disable podDisruptionBudget
@@ -173,7 +183,7 @@ service:
   http:
     enabled: true
     servicePort: 80
-    containerPort: 9080
+    containerPort: *apisixServiceHttpContainerPort
     # -- Support multiple http ports, See [Configuration](https://github.com/apache/apisix/blob/0bc65ea9acd726f79f80ae0abd8f50b7eb172e3d/conf/config-default.yaml#L24)
     additionalContainerPorts: []
       # - port: 9081