diff --git a/kubernetes/so/components/so-cnf-adapter/requirements.yaml b/kubernetes/so/components/so-cnf-adapter/requirements.yaml
index 3e953c0..c9af7f9 100755
--- a/kubernetes/so/components/so-cnf-adapter/requirements.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/so/components/so-cnf-adapter/requirements.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
     # a part of this chart's package and will not
     # be published independently to a repo (at this point)
     repository: '@local'
+  - name: readinessCheck
+    version: ~7.x-0
+    repository: '@local'
   - name: repositoryGenerator
     version: ~7.x-0
     repository: '@local'
diff --git a/kubernetes/so/components/so-cnf-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/so/components/so-cnf-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml
index 3c13132..4518a5f 100755
--- a/kubernetes/so/components/so-cnf-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/so/components/so-cnf-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -50,20 +50,7 @@
           volumeMounts:
             - name: encoder
               mountPath: /output
-        - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-readiness
-          command:
-            - /app/ready.py
-          args:
-            - --job-name
-            - {{ include "common.release" . }}-so-mariadb-config-job
-          env:
-            - name: NAMESPACE
-              valueFrom:
-                fieldRef:
-                  apiVersion: v1
-                  fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          image: {{ include "repositoryGenerator.image.readiness" . }}
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
+        {{ include "common.readinessCheck.waitFor" . | indent 8 | trim }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
           image: {{ include "repositoryGenerator.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.image }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/so/components/so-cnf-adapter/values.yaml b/kubernetes/so/components/so-cnf-adapter/values.yaml
index 0fdd4f2..edd3738 100755
--- a/kubernetes/so/components/so-cnf-adapter/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/so/components/so-cnf-adapter/values.yaml
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@
 #################################################################
 image: onap/so/mso-cnf-adapter:1.7.1
 pullPolicy: Always
+
+readinessCheck:
+  wait_for:
+    jobs:
+      - '{{ include "common.release" . }}-so-mariadb-config-job'
+
 db:
   userName: so_user
   userPassword: so_User123