diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5bb89bf48..d8f9ab6b5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 * fix `delimiter` typo in `StringSplitterRule` configuration
 
 ### Features
+
+* configuration of `initContainers` in logprep helm chart is now possible 
+
 ### Improvements
 
 * fix `requester` documentation
diff --git a/charts/logprep/Chart.yaml b/charts/logprep/Chart.yaml
index 4a82df2fe..4a214dd10 100644
--- a/charts/logprep/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/logprep/Chart.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: "14.0.1"
+version: "14.1.0"
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/charts/logprep/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/logprep/templates/deployment.yaml
index f5be0bf5d..18167c658 100644
--- a/charts/logprep/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/logprep/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ spec:
         {{- if .Values.secrets.imagePullSecret }}
         - name: {{ .Values.secrets.imagePullSecret.name }}
         {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.initContainers }}
+      initContainers:
+      {{- toYaml .Values.initContainers | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: logprep
           {{- if .Values.containerSecurityContext.enabled }}
diff --git a/tests/unit/charts/test_deployment.py b/tests/unit/charts/test_deployment.py
index f9a4a9810..2873dad36 100644
--- a/tests/unit/charts/test_deployment.py
+++ b/tests/unit/charts/test_deployment.py
@@ -98,6 +98,18 @@ def test_add_security_context(self):
         security_context = self.deployment["spec.template.spec.containers.0.securityContext"]
         assert security_context["allowPriviledgeEscalation"] == "false"
 
+    def test_init_containers(self):
+        self.manifests = self.render_chart(
+            "logprep",
+            {
+                "initContainers": {"name": "test-init"},
+            },
+        )
+
+        assert self.deployment["spec.template.spec.initContainers"]
+        init_container = self.deployment["spec.template.spec.initContainers"]
+        assert init_container["name"] == "test-init"
+
     def test_resources(self):
         assert self.deployment["spec.template.spec.containers.0.resources"]
         resources = self.deployment["spec.template.spec.containers.0.resources"]