diff --git a/helm/codeapi/templates/egress-gateway-deployment.yaml b/helm/codeapi/templates/egress-gateway-deployment.yaml
index 49c865f0..941844ce 100644
--- a/helm/codeapi/templates/egress-gateway-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/codeapi/templates/egress-gateway-deployment.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ spec:
       imagePullSecrets:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- if or .Values.egressGrant.ledgerRequired .Values.hardenedSandboxMode }}
+      initContainers:
+        - name: wait-for-redis
+          image: busybox:1.36.1
+          command: ['sh', '-c', 'until nc -z {{ include "codeapi.redis.host" . }} {{ include "codeapi.redis.port" . }}; do echo waiting for redis; sleep 2; done']
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: egress-gateway
           image: "{{ .Values.egressGateway.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.egressGateway.image.tag }}"