diff --git a/test/nextcloud/1.1.0/templates/deployment.yaml b/test/nextcloud/1.1.0/templates/deployment.yaml
index 643e9826ea..ee58ab34c4 100644
--- a/test/nextcloud/1.1.0/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/test/nextcloud/1.1.0/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       initContainers:
         - name: init-postgresdb
-          image: busybox:latest
-          command: ['sh', '-c', "until nc -w 5 -vz {{ template "nextcloud.fullname" . }}-postgres 5432; do echo waiting for postgres; sleep 2; done"]
+          image: "postgres:13.1"
+          command: ['sh', '-c', "until pg_isready -h {{ template "nextcloud.fullname" . }}-postgres; do echo waiting for postgres; sleep 2; done"]
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
       containers:
       - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}