diff --git a/k8s/infra/iam/authentik-values.yaml b/k8s/infra/iam/authentik-values.yaml
index 37c1324..663c92b 100644
--- a/k8s/infra/iam/authentik-values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/infra/iam/authentik-values.yaml
@@ -153,9 +153,11 @@ server:
   # checks aren't treated as failures. (Only these fields are overridden; the
   # chart deep-merges the rest of each probe, incl. the httpGet path.)
   livenessProbe:
+    initialDelaySeconds: 300  # skip probe until 5min passed (migrations finish)
     timeoutSeconds: 15
     failureThreshold: 6
   readinessProbe:
+    initialDelaySeconds: 300  # skip probe until migrations complete
     timeoutSeconds: 15
     failureThreshold: 6
   startupProbe:
@@ -215,6 +217,13 @@ worker:
   podAnnotations:
     configmap.reloader.stakater.com/reload: "homelab-ca"
     homelab.io/restart-at: "2026-06-21T13-40"
+  livenessProbe:
+    initialDelaySeconds: 300  # skip probe until 5min passed (migrations finish)
+  readinessProbe:
+    initialDelaySeconds: 300  # skip probe until migrations complete
+  startupProbe:
+    initialDelaySeconds: 30  # let server finish DB work first
+    failureThreshold: 120
   metrics:
     enabled: true
     serviceMonitor: