diff --git a/gradle/changelog/helm_chart.yaml b/gradle/changelog/helm_chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ee22c7d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/helm_chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: added
+  description: Add variables for liveness probe and readiness probe delay in helm chart
diff --git a/scm-packaging/helm/src/main/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/scm-packaging/helm/src/main/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index b38409e341..8e5f46d581 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/helm/src/main/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/scm-packaging/helm/src/main/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ spec:
             httpGet:
               path: /scm
               port: http
-            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
           readinessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: /scm
               port: http
-            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
           resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
diff --git a/scm-packaging/helm/src/main/chart/values.yaml b/scm-packaging/helm/src/main/chart/values.yaml
index 8ac25e2ddd..06db3a9a63 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/helm/src/main/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/scm-packaging/helm/src/main/chart/values.yaml
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ persistence:
   # persistence.size -- The size of the PVC
   size: 40Gi
 
+livenessProbe:
+  initialDelaySeconds: 60
+
+readinessProbe:
+  initialDelaySeconds: 20
+
 # resources -- Resources allocation (Requests and Limits)
 resources: {}
   # We usually recommend not to specify default resources and to leave this as a conscious