diff --git a/bitnami/postgresql-ha/Chart.yaml b/bitnami/postgresql-ha/Chart.yaml
index 694cb7207ed205..72c09ae46d6f02 100644
--- a/bitnami/postgresql-ha/Chart.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/postgresql-ha/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: postgresql-ha
-version: 1.4.0
+version: 1.4.1
 appVersion: 11.6.0
 description: Chart for PostgreSQL with HA architecture (using Replication Manager (repmgr) and Pgpool).
 keywords:
diff --git a/bitnami/postgresql-ha/templates/pgpool/deployment.yaml b/bitnami/postgresql-ha/templates/pgpool/deployment.yaml
index 9ec95eaf669bd9..ec66d363a07330 100644
--- a/bitnami/postgresql-ha/templates/pgpool/deployment.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/postgresql-ha/templates/pgpool/deployment.yaml
@@ -37,49 +37,6 @@ spec:
       {{- $postgresqlHeadlessServiceName := printf "%s-headless" (include "postgresql-ha.postgresql" .) }}
       {{- $releaseNamespace := .Release.Namespace }}
       {{- $clusterDomain:= .Values.clusterDomain }}
-      initContainers:
-        - name: wait-for-backend-nodes
-          image: {{ include "postgresql-ha.volumePermissionsImage" . }}
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.volumePermissionsImage.pullPolicy | quote }}
-          env:
-            - name: PGPOOL_BACKEND_NODES
-              value: {{range $e, $i := until $postgresqlReplicaCount }}{{ $i }}:{{ $postgresqlFullname }}-{{ $i }}.{{ $postgresqlHeadlessServiceName }}.{{ $releaseNamespace }}.svc.{{ $clusterDomain }}:5432,{{ end }}
-          command:
-            - /bin/bash
-            - -c
-            - |
-              dns_lookup() {
-                  local host="${1:?host is missing}"
-                  getent ahosts "$host" | awk '/STREAM/ {print $1 }'
-              }
-              is_hostname_resolved() {
-                  local -r host="${1:?missing value}"
-                  if [[ -n "$(dns_lookup "$host")" ]]; then
-                      true
-                  else
-                      false
-                  fi
-              }
-              read -r -a nodes <<< "$(tr ',;' ' ' <<< "${PGPOOL_BACKEND_NODES}")"
-              declare -i node_counter=0
-              for node in "${nodes[@]}"; do
-                  read -r -a fields <<< "$(tr ':' ' ' <<< "${node}")"
-                  host="${fields[1]:?field host is needed}"
-                  for ((i = 1 ; i <= 10 ; i+=1 )); do
-                      is_hostname_resolved "$host" && node_counter+=1 && break
-                      sleep 5
-                  done
-              done
-              if [[ $node_counter -ne ${#nodes[@]} ]]; then
-                  echo "Not enough active backend nodes!"
-                  exit 1
-              fi
-              echo "Every backend node is active!"
-              exit 0
-          {{- if .Values.pgpool.securityContext.enabled }}
-          securityContext:
-            runAsUser: {{ .Values.pgpool.securityContext.runAsUser }}
-          {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: pgpool
           image: {{ include "postgresql-ha.pgpoolImage" . }}
@@ -168,18 +125,7 @@ spec:
           livenessProbe:
             exec:
               command:
-                - bash
-                - -ec
-                - |
-                   if nodes=$(PGPASSWORD=${PGPOOL_POSTGRES_PASSWORD} psql -U {{ (include "postgresql-ha.postgresqlUsername" .) | quote }} {{- if not (empty (include "postgresql-ha.postgresqlDatabase" .)) }} -d {{ (include "postgresql-ha.postgresqlDatabase" .) | quote }}{{- end }} -h 127.0.0.1 -tA -c "show pool_nodes;" | grep "up" | wc -l); then
-                       if [[ $nodes -eq {{ $postgresqlReplicaCount }} ]]; then
-                           true
-                       else
-                           false
-                       fi
-                   else
-                       false
-                   fi
+                - /healthcheck.sh
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.pgpool.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.pgpool.livenessProbe.periodSeconds }}
             timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.pgpool.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
@@ -192,16 +138,7 @@ spec:
               command:
                 - bash
                 - -ec
-                - |
-                   if nodes=$(PGPASSWORD=${PGPOOL_POSTGRES_PASSWORD} psql -U {{ (include "postgresql-ha.postgresqlUsername" .) | quote }} {{- if not (empty (include "postgresql-ha.postgresqlDatabase" .)) }} -d {{ (include "postgresql-ha.postgresqlDatabase" .) | quote }}{{- end }} -h 127.0.0.1 -tA -c "show pool_nodes;" | wc -l); then
-                       if [[ $nodes -eq {{ $postgresqlReplicaCount }} ]]; then
-                           true
-                       else
-                           false
-                       fi
-                   else
-                       false
-                   fi
+                - PGPASSWORD=${PGPOOL_POSTGRES_PASSWORD} psql -U {{ (include "postgresql-ha.postgresqlUsername" .) | quote }} {{- if not (empty (include "postgresql-ha.postgresqlDatabase" .)) }} -d {{ (include "postgresql-ha.postgresqlDatabase" .) | quote }}{{- end }} -h 127.0.0.1 -tA -c "SELECT 1" >/dev/null
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.pgpool.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.pgpool.readinessProbe.periodSeconds }}
             timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.pgpool.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
diff --git a/bitnami/postgresql-ha/values-production.yaml b/bitnami/postgresql-ha/values-production.yaml
index a0d87b9f72d922..dbca6306732d79 100644
--- a/bitnami/postgresql-ha/values-production.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/postgresql-ha/values-production.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ postgresqlImage:
 pgpoolImage:
   registry: docker.io
   repository: bitnami/pgpool
-  tag: 4.1.0-debian-10-r2
+  tag: 4.1.0-debian-10-r7
   ## Specify a imagePullPolicy. Defaults to 'Always' if image tag is 'latest', else set to 'IfNotPresent'
   ## ref: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/images/#pre-pulling-images
   ##
diff --git a/bitnami/postgresql-ha/values.yaml b/bitnami/postgresql-ha/values.yaml
index 00d3874c27f894..18b3ee10fa1944 100644
--- a/bitnami/postgresql-ha/values.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/postgresql-ha/values.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ postgresqlImage:
 pgpoolImage:
   registry: docker.io
   repository: bitnami/pgpool
-  tag: 4.1.0-debian-10-r2
+  tag: 4.1.0-debian-10-r7
   ## Specify a imagePullPolicy. Defaults to 'Always' if image tag is 'latest', else set to 'IfNotPresent'
   ## ref: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/images/#pre-pulling-images
   ##