diff --git a/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/Makefile b/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/Makefile
index 7232216fc..8d12f4e8d 100644
--- a/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/Makefile
+++ b/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/Makefile
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ update:
 	wget https://github.com/kubevirt/containerized-data-importer/releases/download/$$VERSION/cdi-operator.yaml -O templates/cdi-operator.yaml
 	sed -i 's/namespace: cdi/namespace: cozy-kubevirt-cdi/g' templates/cdi-operator.yaml
 	awk -i inplace -v RS="---" '!/kind: Namespace/{printf "%s", $$0 RS}' templates/cdi-operator.yaml
+	patch --no-backup-if-mismatch -p1 < patches/startupProbe.diff
diff --git a/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/patches/startupProbe.diff b/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/patches/startupProbe.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85d86e849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/patches/startupProbe.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/templates/cdi-operator.yaml b/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/templates/cdi-operator.yaml
+index f46ba09e6..03ac3b3a2 100644
+--- a/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/templates/cdi-operator.yaml
++++ b/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/templates/cdi-operator.yaml
+@@ -5782,6 +5782,14 @@ spec:
+             scheme: HTTP
+           initialDelaySeconds: 5
+           timeoutSeconds: 10
++        startupProbe:
++          httpGet:
++            path: /healthz
++            port: 8444
++            scheme: HTTP
++          periodSeconds: 5
++          failureThreshold: 30
++          timeoutSeconds: 10
+         resources:
+           requests:
+             cpu: 100m
diff --git a/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/templates/cdi-operator.yaml b/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/templates/cdi-operator.yaml
index f46ba09e6..03ac3b3a2 100644
--- a/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/templates/cdi-operator.yaml
+++ b/packages/system/kubevirt-cdi-operator/templates/cdi-operator.yaml
@@ -5782,6 +5782,14 @@ spec:
             scheme: HTTP
           initialDelaySeconds: 5
           timeoutSeconds: 10
+        startupProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /healthz
+            port: 8444
+            scheme: HTTP
+          periodSeconds: 5
+          failureThreshold: 30
+          timeoutSeconds: 10
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 100m