diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/spi/KubernetesInitContainerBuildItem.java b/extensions/kubernetes/spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/spi/KubernetesInitContainerBuildItem.java
index e295485449a7d3..5b9b026f1fe9e5 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/spi/KubernetesInitContainerBuildItem.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/spi/KubernetesInitContainerBuildItem.java
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ public final class KubernetesInitContainerBuildItem extends MultiBuildItem {
     private final boolean sharedEnvironment;
     private final boolean sharedFilesystem;
 
-    public static KubernetesInitContainerBuildItem create(String image) {
-        return new KubernetesInitContainerBuildItem("init", null, image, Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList(),
+    public static KubernetesInitContainerBuildItem create(String name, String image) {
+        return new KubernetesInitContainerBuildItem(name, null, image, Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList(),
                 Collections.emptyMap(), false, false);
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/InitTaskProcessor.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/InitTaskProcessor.java
index d99751102f5b4e..64dc6308db7cc4 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/InitTaskProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/InitTaskProcessor.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 
 public class InitTaskProcessor {
 
+    private static final String INIT_CONTAINER_WAITER_NAME = "init";
+    private static final String INIT_CONTAINER_WAITER_DEFAULT_IMAGE = "groundnuty/k8s-wait-for:no-root-v1.7";
+
     static void process(
             String target, // kubernetes, openshift, etc.
             String name,
@@ -31,11 +34,11 @@ static void process(
             BuildProducer<KubernetesRoleBindingBuildItem> roleBindings,
             BuildProducer<DecoratorBuildItem> decorators) {
 
-        initTasks.forEach(task -> {
-            initContainers.produce(KubernetesInitContainerBuildItem.create("groundnuty/k8s-wait-for:1.3")
-                    .withTarget(target)
-                    .withArguments(Arrays.asList("job", task.getName())));
+        List<String> initContainerWaiterArgs = new ArrayList<>(initTasks.size() + 1);
+        initContainerWaiterArgs.add("job");
 
+        initTasks.forEach(task -> {
+            initContainerWaiterArgs.add(task.getName());
             jobs.produce(KubernetesJobBuildItem.create(image.getImage())
                     .withName(task.getName())
                     .withTarget(target)
@@ -53,7 +56,9 @@ static void process(
                                 .build())));
 
             });
+        });
 
+        if (!initTasks.isEmpty()) {
             roles.produce(new KubernetesRoleBuildItem("view-jobs", Collections.singletonList(
                     new PolicyRule(
                             Collections.singletonList("batch"),
@@ -62,6 +67,10 @@ static void process(
                     target));
             roleBindings.produce(new KubernetesRoleBindingBuildItem(null, "view-jobs", false, target));
 
-        });
+            initContainers.produce(KubernetesInitContainerBuildItem.create(INIT_CONTAINER_WAITER_NAME,
+                    INIT_CONTAINER_WAITER_DEFAULT_IMAGE)
+                    .withTarget(target)
+                    .withArguments(initContainerWaiterArgs));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithFlywayInitTest.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithFlywayInitTest.java
index cad12e46331152..a6cde6e2997452 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithFlywayInitTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithFlywayInitTest.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
                     assertThat(t.getSpec()).satisfies(podSpec -> {
                         assertThat(podSpec.getInitContainers()).singleElement().satisfies(container -> {
                             assertThat(container.getName()).isEqualTo("init");
+                            assertThat(container.getImage()).isEqualTo("groundnuty/k8s-wait-for:no-root-v1.7");
                         });
 
                     });