diff --git a/sysadmin/T3592-elastic-workers/worker/templates/deployment.yaml b/sysadmin/T3592-elastic-workers/worker/templates/deployment.yaml
--- a/sysadmin/T3592-elastic-workers/worker/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/sysadmin/T3592-elastic-workers/worker/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
       labels:
         app: {{ .Values.loader.name }}-{{ .Values.loader.type }}
     spec:
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60  # pod-level
       containers:
       - name: loaders
         image: {{ .Values.swh.loader.image }}:{{ .Values.swh.loader.version }}
@@ -36,6 +37,18 @@
           preStop:
            exec:
              command: ["kill", "1"]
+        ports:
+        - name: liveness-port
+          containerPort: 8080
+          hostPort: 8080
+
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /healthz
+            port: liveness-port
+          failureThreshold: 1
+          periodSeconds: 60
+
         env:
         - name: CONCURRENCY
           value: "1"