diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c9914c..35eb8b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -815,9 +815,12 @@ gitea:
 
 ### Advanced
 
-| Name               | Description                                          | Value  |
-| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- | ------ |
-| `checkDeprecation` | Set it to false to skip this basic validation check. | `true` |
+| Name               | Description                                                        | Value     |
+| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------- |
+| `checkDeprecation` | Set it to false to skip this basic validation check.               | `true`    |
+| `test.enabled`     | Set it to false to disable test-connection Pod.                    | `true`    |
+| `test.image.name`  | Image name for the wget container used in the test-connection Pod. | `busybox` |
+| `test.image.tag`   | Image tag for the wget container used in the test-connection Pod.  | `latest`  |
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/templates/tests/test-http-connection.yaml b/templates/tests/test-http-connection.yaml
index 7fab1b7..8157442 100644
--- a/templates/tests/test-http-connection.yaml
+++ b/templates/tests/test-http-connection.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if .Values.test.enabled }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
@@ -9,7 +10,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
     - name: wget
-      image: busybox
+      image: "{{ .Values.test.image.name }}:{{ .Values.test.image.tag }}"
       command: ['wget']
       args:  ['{{ include "gitea.fullname" . }}-http:{{ .Values.service.http.port }}']
   restartPolicy: Never
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 1213221..1d25a82 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -484,4 +484,12 @@ mariadb:
 # Set it to false to skip this basic validation check.
 ## @section Advanced
 ## @param checkDeprecation Set it to false to skip this basic validation check.
+## @param test.enabled Set it to false to disable test-connection Pod.
+## @param test.image.name Image name for the wget container used in the test-connection Pod.
+## @param test.image.tag Image tag for the wget container used in the test-connection Pod.
 checkDeprecation: true
+test:
+  enabled: true
+  image:
+    name: busybox
+    tag: latest