diff --git a/divingbell/templates/bin/_apt.sh.tpl b/divingbell/templates/bin/_apt.sh.tpl
index 9a2b789..c80487d 100644
--- a/divingbell/templates/bin/_apt.sh.tpl
+++ b/divingbell/templates/bin/_apt.sh.tpl
@@ -282,9 +282,16 @@ while read -r name version; do
   fi
 done < <(apt-cache madison "${!package_info[@]}" | awk '!a[$1]++ {print $1 " " $3}')
 
+whitelist=()
+{{- if hasKey .Values.conf.apt "whitelistpkgs" }}
+{{- range $v := .Values.conf.apt.whitelistpkgs }}
+whitelist+=($v)
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
 for pkg in "${!package_info[@]}"; do
   read -r before after available < <(echo "${package_info[$pkg]}")
-  if [[ "$after" != "N/A" && "$after" != "$available" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$after" != "N/A" && "$after" != "$available" && ! ${whitelist[*]} =~ "$pkg" ]]; then
     log.ERROR "Package $pkg was not properly installed/upgraded, installed version $after, available version $available"
     exit 1
   fi
diff --git a/divingbell/templates/daemonset-exec.yaml b/divingbell/templates/daemonset-exec.yaml
index 2b69ef5..db3b6f2 100644
--- a/divingbell/templates/daemonset-exec.yaml
+++ b/divingbell/templates/daemonset-exec.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 */}}
 
-{{- define "readinessProbeTemplate" }}
+{{- define "readinessProbeExecTemplate" }}
   exec:
     command:
     - cat
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ spec:
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.pull_policy }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.exec | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 8 }}
 {{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "divingbell" "container" "exec" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 8 }}
-{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "component" "divingbell" "container" "exec" "type" "readiness" "probeTemplate" (include "readinessProbeTemplate" $envAll | fromYaml) | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_probe" | indent 8 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "component" "divingbell" "container" "exec" "type" "readiness" "probeTemplate" (include "readinessProbeExecTemplate" $envAll | fromYaml) | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_probe" | indent 8 }}
         command:
         - /tmp/{{ $daemonset }}.sh
         volumeMounts:
diff --git a/divingbell/values.yaml b/divingbell/values.yaml
index cd5c18b..5ba1e2c 100644
--- a/divingbell/values.yaml
+++ b/divingbell/values.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ conf:
     upgrade: false
     allow_downgrade: false
     strict: false
+    whitelistpkgs: []
     blacklistpkgs:
     - telnetd
     - inetutils-telnetd