diff --git a/cinder/templates/deployment-api.yaml b/cinder/templates/deployment-api.yaml
index 9213d34fb2..d194a40f2f 100644
--- a/cinder/templates/deployment-api.yaml
+++ b/cinder/templates/deployment-api.yaml
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ spec:
           readinessProbe:
             tcpSocket:
               port: {{ tuple "volume" "internal" "api" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.endpoint_port_lookup" }}
+          livenessProbe:
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: {{ tuple "volume" "internal" "api" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.endpoint_port_lookup" }}
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            failureThreshold: 3
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            successThreshold: 1
+            timeoutSeconds: 1
           volumeMounts:
             - name: cinder-bin
               mountPath: /tmp/cinder-api.sh