diff --git a/charts/flink-job/Chart.yaml b/charts/flink-job/Chart.yaml
index 6225fb54..62eae146 100644
--- a/charts/flink-job/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/flink-job/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.3.7
+version: 0.3.8
 
 dependencies:
   - name: image-automation
diff --git a/charts/flink-job/README.md b/charts/flink-job/README.md
index 54c25973..e7386110 100644
--- a/charts/flink-job/README.md
+++ b/charts/flink-job/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # flink-job
 
-![Version: 0.3.7](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.3.7-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 0.3.8](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.3.8-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 A Helm chart for handling Cheetah Data Platform Flink jobs
 
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ Read more about Flink and highly available job-managers [here](https://nightlies
 | volumeMounts | list | `[]` | List of additional volume mounts for the both job- and task-manager |
 | podLabels | object | `{}` | Additional labels attached to the pods |
 | podAnnotations | object | `{}` | Additional annotations attached to the pods |
+| initContainers | list | `[]` | InitContainers for the pods |
 | job.jarURI | string | `""` | The path of the job jar |
 | job.entryClass | string | `""` | The name of the job class |
 | job.args | list | `[]` | Arguments for the job |
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ Read more about Flink and highly available job-managers [here](https://nightlies
 | taskManager.volumeMounts | list | `[]` | List of additional volume mounts |
 | taskManager.podLabels | object | `{}` | Additional labels attached to the pods |
 | taskManager.podAnnotations | object | `{}` | Additional annotations attached to the pods |
+| taskManager.initContainers | list | `[]` | InitContainers for the pods |
 | taskManager.podTemplate | string | (see values.yaml) | Pod template. Overrides the main `podTemplate`. The main flink-container must be called "flink-main-container" |
 | jobManager.replicas | int | `1` | Number of replicas |
 | jobManager.resource.memory | string | `"1Gb"` | Memory to reserve for the Job Manager. The default value should be ok for most jobs. |
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ Read more about Flink and highly available job-managers [here](https://nightlies
 | jobManager.volumeMounts | list | `[]` | List of additional volume mounts |
 | jobManager.podLabels | object | `{}` | Additional labels attached to the pods |
 | jobManager.podAnnotations | object | `{}` | Additional annotations attached to the pods |
+| jobManager.initContainers | list | `[]` | InitContainers for the pods |
 | jobManager.podTemplate | string | (see values.yaml) | Pod template. Overrides the main `podTemplate`. The main flink-container must be called "flink-main-container" |
 | metrics.enabled | bool | `true` | Enable metrics scraping. Define flinkProperties to define the monitoring properties |
 | metrics.port | int | `9249` | Port on both job- and task-manager where metrics are exposed |
diff --git a/charts/flink-job/values.yaml b/charts/flink-job/values.yaml
index 94c8de0e..98babd55 100644
--- a/charts/flink-job/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/flink-job/values.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ volumeMounts: []
 podLabels: {}
 # -- Additional annotations attached to the pods
 podAnnotations: {}
+# -- InitContainers for the pods
+initContainers: []
 
 job:
   # -- The path of the job jar
@@ -164,6 +166,10 @@ podTemplate: |-
     imagePullSecrets:
       {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
+    {{- with .Values.initContainers }}
+    initContainers:
+      {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
 
 taskManager:
   # -- Number of replicas
@@ -188,6 +194,8 @@ taskManager:
   podLabels: {}
   # -- Additional annotations attached to the pods
   podAnnotations: {}
+  # -- InitContainers for the pods
+  initContainers: []
 
   # -- Pod template. Overrides the main `podTemplate`.
   # The main flink-container must be called "flink-main-container"
@@ -227,6 +235,10 @@ taskManager:
       volumes:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 -}}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.taskManager.initContainers }}
+      initContainers:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+      {{- end }}
 
 jobManager:
   # -- Number of replicas
@@ -251,6 +263,8 @@ jobManager:
   podLabels: {}
   # -- Additional annotations attached to the pods
   podAnnotations: {}
+  # -- InitContainers for the pods
+  initContainers: []
 
   # -- Pod template. Overrides the main `podTemplate`.
   # The main flink-container must be called "flink-main-container"
@@ -291,6 +305,11 @@ jobManager:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 -}}
       {{- end }}
 
+      {{- with .Values.jobManager.initContainers }}
+      initContainers:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+      {{- end }}
+
 metrics:
   # -- Enable metrics scraping. Define flinkProperties to define the monitoring properties
   enabled: true