diff --git a/stable/appmesh-spire-agent/Chart.yaml b/stable/appmesh-spire-agent/Chart.yaml
index 35492e471..4d3af7c4b 100644
--- a/stable/appmesh-spire-agent/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/appmesh-spire-agent/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: appmesh-spire-agent
 description: SPIRE Agent Helm chart for AppMesh mTLS support on Kubernetes
-version: 1.0.7
+version: 1.0.8
 appVersion: 1.5.0
 home: https://github.com/aws/eks-charts
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/eks-charts/master/docs/logo/aws.png
diff --git a/stable/appmesh-spire-agent/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/appmesh-spire-agent/templates/deployment.yaml
index 19bd2b7e5..a7d785e30 100644
--- a/stable/appmesh-spire-agent/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/appmesh-spire-agent/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ spec:
       initContainers:
         - name: init
           image: "{{ .Values.initContainers.image }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.initContainers.pullPolicy }}
           args:
             - -t
             - "30"