diff --git a/charts/wonderwall-forward-auth/templates/secret.yaml b/charts/wonderwall-forward-auth/templates/secret.yaml
index 4750996..fdf32dc 100644
--- a/charts/wonderwall-forward-auth/templates/secret.yaml
+++ b/charts/wonderwall-forward-auth/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ stringData:
   WONDERWALL_REDIS_URI: "rediss://{{ .Values.valkey.host | required ".Values.valkey.host is required." }}:{{ .Values.valkey.port | required ".Values.valkey.port is required." }}"
   WONDERWALL_REDIS_USERNAME: "{{ .Values.valkey.username | required ".Values.valkey.username is required." }}"
   WONDERWALL_REDIS_PASSWORD: "{{ .Values.valkey.password | required ".Values.valkey.password is required." }}"
+  WONDERWALL_REDIS_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIMEOUT: "{{ .Values.valkey.connectionIdleTimeoutSeconds }}"
   WONDERWALL_REDIS_TLS: "true"
   WONDERWALL_SESSION_MAX_LIFETIME: "{{ .Values.session.maxLifetime | required ".Values.session.maxLifetime is required." }}"
   WONDERWALL_SESSION_FORWARD_AUTH: "true"
diff --git a/charts/wonderwall-forward-auth/values.yaml b/charts/wonderwall-forward-auth/values.yaml
index 359b809..90fb8e6 100644
--- a/charts/wonderwall-forward-auth/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/wonderwall-forward-auth/values.yaml
@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ valkey:
   port:
   username:
   password:
+  connectionIdleTimeoutSeconds: 299