diff --git a/charts/inventory/Chart.yaml b/charts/inventory/Chart.yaml
index 99db481c..1014e2e2 100644
--- a/charts/inventory/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/inventory/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: inventory
-version: 6.0.0
+version: 6.0.1
 appVersion: "6.1.0"
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes deployment of the Device Inventory
 type: application
@@ -16,12 +16,7 @@ icon: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23452093?s=200&v=4
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
     - kind: changed
-      description: Bump application version to 6.1.0
+      description: Inventory db_ready checks are performed using custom utilities image
       links:
         - name: GitHub PR
-          url: https://github.com/FRINXio/helm-charts/pull/389
-    - kind: added
-      description: Added performance monitoring configuration
-      links:
-        - name: GitHub PR
-          url: https://github.com/FRINXio/helm-charts/pull/389
+          url: https://github.com/FRINXio/helm-charts/pull/406
diff --git a/charts/inventory/README.md b/charts/inventory/README.md
index 4d496bdb..fa7de1b2 100644
--- a/charts/inventory/README.md
+++ b/charts/inventory/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 A Helm chart for Kubernetes deployment of the Device Inventory
 
-![Version: 6.0.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-6.0.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 6.1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-6.1.0-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 6.0.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-6.0.1-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 6.1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-6.1.0-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 ## Get Repo Info
 
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ helm uninstall [RELEASE_NAME]
 |-----|------|---------|-------------|
 | affinity | object | `{}` | [Affinity for pod assignment](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/#affinity-and-anti-affinity) |
 | autoscaling | object | `{"enabled":false,"maxReplicas":100,"minReplicas":1,"targetCPUUtilizationPercentage":80}` | [Autoscaling parameters](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/) |
+| utilitiesImage.repository | string | `"frinx/utilities-alpine"` | Image name |
+| utilitiesImage.tag | string | `1.2` | Image tag |
+| utilitiesImage.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` | Image pull policy |
 | dbPersistence.POSTGRES_DATABASE | string | `"inventory"` | Database name |
 | dbPersistence.POSTGRES_DB_SCHEMA | string | `"public"` | Database schema |
 | dbPersistence.POSTGRES_HOST | string | `nil` | Database hostname |
diff --git a/charts/inventory/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/inventory/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2fe0bc00..27fcd275 100644
--- a/charts/inventory/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/inventory/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ spec:
         - name: check-db-ready
           securityContext:
             {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
-          image: postgres:alpine
+          image: "{{ .Values.utilitiesImage.repository }}:{{ .Values.utilitiesImage.tag }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: "{{ .Values.utilitiesImage.pullPolicy }}"
           env:
             - name: "POSTGRES_HOST"
             {{ if .Values.postgresql.enabled }}            
diff --git a/charts/inventory/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml b/charts/inventory/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
index 245dde91..e11c1e00 100644
--- a/charts/inventory/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
+++ b/charts/inventory/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
     - name: wget
-      image: busybox
+      image: "{{ .Values.utilitiesImage.repository }}:{{ .Values.utilitiesImage.tag }}"
       command: ["/bin/sh"]
       args: ["-c", 'wget {{ include "inventory.fullname" . }}:{{ .Values.service.port }}/.well-known/apollo/server-health -P /tmp/']
+      imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   restartPolicy: Never
diff --git a/charts/inventory/values.yaml b/charts/inventory/values.yaml
index 080a152e..27686d44 100644
--- a/charts/inventory/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/inventory/values.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ deployment:
 # -- Deployment annotations
   annotations: {}
 
+utilitiesImage:
+  # -- utilities image repository
+  repository: frinx/utilities-alpine
+  # -- Overrides the image tag.
+  tag: "1.2"
+  # -- Image pull policy
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+
 dbPersistence:
   # -- Database hostname
   POSTGRES_HOST: