diff --git a/charts/substra-backend/CHANGELOG.md b/charts/substra-backend/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f56da53a..05c3dac0d 100644
--- a/charts/substra-backend/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/charts/substra-backend/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
+## [26.14.0] - 2024-10-09
+
+# Added
+
+Pods relying on redis uses a new init container `wait-redis` which wait for redis to be up before spawning
+
 ## [26.13.0] - 2024-09-30
 
 # Added
diff --git a/charts/substra-backend/Chart.yaml b/charts/substra-backend/Chart.yaml
index 7bd60b33b..83efc1002 100644
--- a/charts/substra-backend/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/substra-backend/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: substra-backend
 home: https://github.com/Substra
-version: 26.13.0
+version: 26.14.0
 appVersion: 0.48.0
 kubeVersion: '>= 1.19.0-0'
 description: Main package for Substra
diff --git a/charts/substra-backend/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/substra-backend/templates/_helpers.tpl
index e2abe464f..76737d87a 100644
--- a/charts/substra-backend/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/substra-backend/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -254,6 +254,20 @@ The hostname we should connect to (external is defined, otherwise integrated)
 {{- end }}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{- define "common.waitRedisInitContainer" -}}
+{{- if .Values.redis.enabled }}
+- name: wait-redis
+  image: jwilder/dockerize:0.6.1
+  securityContext:
+      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+      runAsNonRoot: true
+      seccompProfile:
+        type: RuntimeDefault
+      capabilities:
+        drop: ["ALL"]
+  command: ['dockerize', '-wait', 'tcp://{{ default (include "redis.serviceName" .) .Values.redis.host }}:{{ .Values.redis.master.service.ports.redis }}', '-timeout', '5m']
+{{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
 
 {{/*
 `wait-postgresql` container initialisation used inside of `initContainers`
diff --git a/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-api-events.yaml b/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-api-events.yaml
index 459b7e8f7..6a55736e9 100644
--- a/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-api-events.yaml
+++ b/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-api-events.yaml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ spec:
         {{- include "common.addCertInitContainer" . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- include "common.waitPostgresqlInitContainer" . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- include "common.waitInitMigrationsInitContainer" . | nindent 8}}
+        {{- include "common.waitRedisInitContainer" . | nindent 8 }}
       volumes:
       - name: volume-wait-init-migrations
         configMap:
diff --git a/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-scheduler-worker.yaml b/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-scheduler-worker.yaml
index 0c1bf6e94..2bb36a3c1 100644
--- a/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-scheduler-worker.yaml
+++ b/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-scheduler-worker.yaml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ spec:
             {{- toYaml .Values.schedulerWorker.resources | nindent 12 }}
       initContainers:
         {{- include "common.addCertInitContainer" . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- include "common.waitRedisInitContainer" . | nindent 8 }}
       volumes:
       {{- if .Values.privateCa.enabled }}
       - name: ssl-certs
diff --git a/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-scheduler.yaml b/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-scheduler.yaml
index 068637dba..723d34823 100644
--- a/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-scheduler.yaml
+++ b/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-scheduler.yaml
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ spec:
             {{ end }}
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.scheduler.resources | nindent 12 }}
+      initContainers:
+        {{- include "common.waitRedisInitContainer" . | nindent 8 }}
       volumes:
       - name: runtime-db
         emptyDir: {}
diff --git a/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-server.yaml b/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-server.yaml
index 8f4286725..c2f01112d 100644
--- a/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-server.yaml
+++ b/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-server.yaml
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ spec:
         - name: DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
           value: backend.settings.{{ .Values.settings }}
       {{- include "common.waitMinIOContainer" . | nindent 6 }}
+      {{- include "common.waitRedisInitContainer" . | nindent 6 }}
       volumes:
       - name: data-servermedias
         persistentVolumeClaim:
diff --git a/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-worker-events.yaml b/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-worker-events.yaml
index 1bd6a8a21..ca7c49348 100644
--- a/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-worker-events.yaml
+++ b/charts/substra-backend/templates/deployment-worker-events.yaml
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ spec:
         {{- include "common.addCertInitContainer" . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- include "common.waitPostgresqlInitContainer" . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- include "common.waitInitMigrationsInitContainer" . | nindent 8}}
+        {{- include "common.waitRedisInitContainer" . | nindent 8 }}
       volumes:
       - name: volume-wait-init-migrations
         configMap:
diff --git a/charts/substra-backend/templates/statefulset-builder.yaml b/charts/substra-backend/templates/statefulset-builder.yaml
index 3f81b6d3d..584e7d4ec 100644
--- a/charts/substra-backend/templates/statefulset-builder.yaml
+++ b/charts/substra-backend/templates/statefulset-builder.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: {{ template "substra.fullname" . }}-builder
       initContainers:
       {{- include "common.waitPostgresqlInitContainer" . | nindent 6 }}
+      {{- include "common.waitRedisInitContainer" . | nindent 6 }}
       {{- if .Values.privateCa.enabled }}
       - name: add-cert
         image: {{ include "common.images.name" .Values.privateCa.image }}