diff --git a/gitea/gitea-deployment.yaml b/gitea/gitea-deployment.yaml
index 607a820..7fc6665 100644
--- a/gitea/gitea-deployment.yaml
+++ b/gitea/gitea-deployment.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ spec:
             - containerPort: 3000
               name: http
               protocol: TCP
+          # /api/healthz checks the database and the cache.
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /api/healthz
+              port: http
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /api/healthz
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 60
+            periodSeconds: 30
+            timeoutSeconds: 10
+            failureThreshold: 5
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /data
               name: data