diff --git a/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml b/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
index 107a8b2ff550b40fdad3b70721871392bc26c68e..f0f5101193ab7ad14d6162ffd6dd026fb61d338c 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ spec:
           httpGet:
             path: /actuator/health/readiness
             port: 8081
-            scheme: HTTP
+            scheme: HTTPS
           periodSeconds: 10
           successThreshold: 1
           timeoutSeconds: 3
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ spec:
           httpGet:
             path: /actuator/health/readiness
             port: 8081
-            scheme: HTTP
+            scheme: HTTPS
           failureThreshold: 10
           initialDelaySeconds: 30
           periodSeconds: 10
diff --git a/src/test/helm/deployment_test.yaml b/src/test/helm/deployment_test.yaml
index 124a4b85efb19405a345bccd81c4a4b724a23c92..6efc4a91344abd63b36bf2e748446d185b959c2e 100644
--- a/src/test/helm/deployment_test.yaml
+++ b/src/test/helm/deployment_test.yaml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ tests:
           value: 8081
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].readinessProbe.httpGet.scheme
-          value: "HTTP"
+          value: "HTTPS"
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].readinessProbe.periodSeconds
           value: 10
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ tests:
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].startupProbe.httpGet.port
           value: 8081
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].startupProbe.httpGet.scheme
+          value: "HTTPS"
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].startupProbe.failureThreshold
           value: 10