diff --git a/kubernetes/armada/centos/armada.spec b/kubernetes/armada/centos/armada.spec
index bd9860c2b..28ab3b6e3 100644
--- a/kubernetes/armada/centos/armada.spec
+++ b/kubernetes/armada/centos/armada.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Source0:        %{name}-%{git_sha}.tar.gz
 
 Patch1:         0001-Add-Helm-v2-client-initialization-using-tiller-postS.patch
 Patch2:         0002-Tiller-wait-for-postgres-database-ping.patch
+Patch3:         0003-Update-the-liveness-probe-to-verify-postgres-connect.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ BuildRequires: chartmuseum
 %setup -n armada
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 
 %build
 # Package the armada chart tarball using methodology derived from:
diff --git a/kubernetes/armada/centos/files/0003-Update-the-liveness-probe-to-verify-postgres-connect.patch b/kubernetes/armada/centos/files/0003-Update-the-liveness-probe-to-verify-postgres-connect.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecd3f8939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/armada/centos/files/0003-Update-the-liveness-probe-to-verify-postgres-connect.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From be3167e5342f2730ef43012d8fe4f3782c6ef468 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Robert Church <robert.church@windriver.com>
+Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 02:38:52 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update the liveness probe to verify postgres connectivity
+
+Change the tillerLivenessProbeTemplate to test the connectivity to the
+postgres backend. We will override the periodSeconds and
+failureThreshold when installing the helm chart to trigger a restart of
+the tiller pod over a swact when the postgres DB/server moves from one
+controller to the other.
+
+This will help guarantee that the tiller connection is always
+reestablished if the connectivity to the postgres backend fails.
+
+Signed-off-by: Robert Church <robert.church@windriver.com>
+---
+ charts/armada/templates/deployment-api.yaml | 12 ++++++++----
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/charts/armada/templates/deployment-api.yaml b/charts/armada/templates/deployment-api.yaml
+index bf23fb2..2b65494 100644
+--- a/charts/armada/templates/deployment-api.yaml
++++ b/charts/armada/templates/deployment-api.yaml
+@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@ httpGet:
+ {{- end }}
+ 
+ {{- define "tillerLivenessProbeTemplate" }}
+-httpGet:
+-  path: /liveness
+-  port: {{ .Values.conf.tiller.probe_port }}
+-  scheme: HTTP
++exec:
++  command:
++  - nc
++  - -vz
++  - -w
++  - "1"
++  - {{ .Values.conf.tiller.sql_endpoint_ip}}
++  - "5432"
+ {{- end }}
+ 
+ {{- if .Values.manifests.deployment_api }}
+-- 
+2.16.6
+