diff --git a/charts/octavia/templates/bin/_octavia-api.sh.tpl b/charts/octavia/templates/bin/_octavia-api.sh.tpl
index 9e32268..b045acb 100644
--- a/charts/octavia/templates/bin/_octavia-api.sh.tpl
+++ b/charts/octavia/templates/bin/_octavia-api.sh.tpl
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 COMMAND="${@:-start}"
 
 function start () {
-  exec octavia-api \
-        --config-file /etc/octavia/octavia.conf
+  exec uwsgi --ini /etc/octavia/octavia-api-uwsgi.ini
 }
 
 function stop () {
diff --git a/charts/octavia/templates/configmap-etc.yaml b/charts/octavia/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
index 8d3a653..b8005a5 100644
--- a/charts/octavia/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
+++ b/charts/octavia/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@
 {{- $_ := tuple "oslo_messaging" "internal" "octavia" "amqp" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.authenticated_transport_endpoint_uri_lookup" | set .Values.conf.octavia.DEFAULT "transport_url" -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{- if empty (index .Values.conf.octavia_api_uwsgi.uwsgi "http-socket") -}}
+{{- $http_socket_port := tuple "load_balancer" "service" "api" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.endpoint_port_lookup" | toString }}
+{{- $http_socket := printf "0.0.0.0:%s" $http_socket_port }}
+{{- $_ := set .Values.conf.octavia_api_uwsgi.uwsgi "http-socket" $http_socket -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{- if and (empty .Values.conf.logging.handler_fluent) (has "fluent" .Values.conf.logging.handlers.keys) -}}
 {{- $fluentd_host := tuple "fluentd" "internal" $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.hostname_namespaced_endpoint_lookup" }}
 {{- $fluentd_port := tuple "fluentd" "internal" "service" $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.endpoint_port_lookup" }}
@@ -108,6 +114,7 @@
 type: Opaque
 data:
   octavia.conf: {{ include "helm-toolkit.utils.to_oslo_conf" .Values.conf.octavia | b64enc }}
+  octavia-api-uwsgi.ini: {{ include "helm-toolkit.utils.to_oslo_conf" .Values.conf.octavia_api_uwsgi | b64enc }}
   logging.conf: {{ include "helm-toolkit.utils.to_oslo_conf" .Values.conf.logging | b64enc }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/octavia/templates/deployment-api.yaml b/charts/octavia/templates/deployment-api.yaml
index 2b4a498..da15972 100644
--- a/charts/octavia/templates/deployment-api.yaml
+++ b/charts/octavia/templates/deployment-api.yaml
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@
               mountPath: /etc/octavia/octavia.conf
               subPath: octavia.conf
               readOnly: true
+            - name: octavia-etc
+              mountPath: /etc/octavia/octavia-api-uwsgi.ini
+              subPath: octavia-api-uwsgi.ini
+              readOnly: true
             {{- if .Values.conf.octavia.DEFAULT.log_config_append }}
             - name: octavia-etc
               mountPath: {{ .Values.conf.octavia.DEFAULT.log_config_append }}
diff --git a/charts/octavia/values.yaml b/charts/octavia/values.yaml
index 0f0ea75..699aa05 100644
--- a/charts/octavia/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/octavia/values.yaml
@@ -331,6 +331,23 @@
         priority: 0
         apply-to: all
         pattern: '(notifications)\.'
+  octavia_api_uwsgi:
+    uwsgi:
+      processes: 4
+      add-header: "Connection: close"
+      buffer-size: 65535
+      die-on-term: true
+      enable-threads: true
+      exit-on-reload: false
+      hook-master-start: unix_signal:15 gracefully_kill_them_all
+      lazy-apps: true
+      log-x-forwarded-for: true
+      master: true
+      procname-prefix-spaced: "octavia-api:"
+      route-user-agent: '^kube-probe.* donotlog:'
+      thunder-lock: true
+      worker-reload-mercy: 80
+      wsgi-file: /var/lib/openstack/bin/octavia-wsgi
 
 secrets:
   identity:
diff --git a/roles/defaults/vars/main.yml b/roles/defaults/vars/main.yml
index 6f71f69..8140c17 100644
--- a/roles/defaults/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/defaults/vars/main.yml
@@ -145,12 +145,12 @@
   nova_service_cleaner: quay.io/vexxhost/cli:latest
   nova_spiceproxy_assets: quay.io/vexxhost/nova@sha256:132aec4034dd7508443cd14c7c2b7859a20917b90e17d153a84e2d8f920b5f23 # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/nova:zed
   nova_spiceproxy: quay.io/vexxhost/nova@sha256:132aec4034dd7508443cd14c7c2b7859a20917b90e17d153a84e2d8f920b5f23 # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/nova:zed
-  octavia_api: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia@sha256:9065365ed1d731e5130dcf7d600bc8dc8ffa158093c53dd151eddfe49a29a5ee # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia:zed
-  octavia_db_sync: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia@sha256:9065365ed1d731e5130dcf7d600bc8dc8ffa158093c53dd151eddfe49a29a5ee # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia:zed
+  octavia_api: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia@sha256:7a322440c8427ee8a1199268e2c34ff6d541314e7fbf8e3ce1d7f30cd827b697 # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia:zed
+  octavia_db_sync: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia@sha256:7a322440c8427ee8a1199268e2c34ff6d541314e7fbf8e3ce1d7f30cd827b697 # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia:zed
   octavia_health_manager_init: quay.io/vexxhost/heat@sha256:2413e1d669a899685d0cc89c3333222ad004c567be0d5ca605dcc6a59c12af64 # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/heat:zed
-  octavia_health_manager: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia@sha256:9065365ed1d731e5130dcf7d600bc8dc8ffa158093c53dd151eddfe49a29a5ee # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia:zed
-  octavia_housekeeping: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia@sha256:9065365ed1d731e5130dcf7d600bc8dc8ffa158093c53dd151eddfe49a29a5ee # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia:zed
-  octavia_worker: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia@sha256:9065365ed1d731e5130dcf7d600bc8dc8ffa158093c53dd151eddfe49a29a5ee # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia:zed
+  octavia_health_manager: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia@sha256:7a322440c8427ee8a1199268e2c34ff6d541314e7fbf8e3ce1d7f30cd827b697 # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia:zed
+  octavia_housekeeping: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia@sha256:7a322440c8427ee8a1199268e2c34ff6d541314e7fbf8e3ce1d7f30cd827b697 # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia:zed
+  octavia_worker: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia@sha256:7a322440c8427ee8a1199268e2c34ff6d541314e7fbf8e3ce1d7f30cd827b697 # image-source: quay.io/vexxhost/octavia:zed
   openvswitch_db_server: quay.io/vexxhost/openvswitch:2.17.3
   openvswitch_vswitchd: quay.io/vexxhost/openvswitch:2.17.3
   ovn_controller: quay.io/vexxhost/ovn-host:23.03.0