diff --git a/cluster-resources/policies/auth-sidecar-injector.yaml b/cluster-resources/policies/auth-sidecar-injector.yaml
index 3259d9d..a680ccc 100644
--- a/cluster-resources/policies/auth-sidecar-injector.yaml
+++ b/cluster-resources/policies/auth-sidecar-injector.yaml
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ spec:
               value: ":8080"
             - name: AUTH_UPSTREAM_URL
               value: "{{ request.object.metadata.annotations.\"policies.forteapps.io/auth-upstream-url\" || join('', ['http://localhost:', to_string(appPort)]) }}"
+            - name: AUTH_PUBLIC_PATHS
+              value: "{{ request.object.metadata.annotations.\"policies.forteapps.io/auth-public-paths\" || '/healthz' }}"
             - name: AUTH_TOKEN_FILE
               value: "/etc/auth/tokens"
             - name: AUTH_MODE
@@ -225,6 +227,8 @@ spec:
               value: "{{ regex_replace_all('https?://[^/]*', request.object.metadata.annotations.\"policies.forteapps.io/auth-oidc-callback-path\", '') }}"
             - name: AUTH_OIDC_SCOPES
               value: "{{ request.object.metadata.annotations.\"policies.forteapps.io/auth-oidc-scopes\" || 'openid,profile,email'  }}"
+            - name: AUTH_PUBLIC_PATHS
+              value: "{{ request.object.metadata.annotations.\"policies.forteapps.io/auth-public-paths\" || '/healthz' }}"
             - name: AUTH_OIDC_COOKIE_SECRET
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
@@ -307,6 +311,8 @@ spec:
               value: "{{ request.object.metadata.annotations.\"policies.forteapps.io/auth-mcp-resource\" }}"
             - name: AUTH_MCP_AUTHORIZATION_SERVERS
               value: "{{ request.object.metadata.annotations.\"policies.forteapps.io/auth-mcp-authority\" }}"
+            - name: AUTH_PUBLIC_PATHS
+              value: "{{ request.object.metadata.annotations.\"policies.forteapps.io/auth-public-paths\" || '/healthz' }}"
             - name: AUTH_MCP_SCOPES_SUPPORTED
               value: "{{ request.object.metadata.annotations.\"policies.forteapps.io/auth-mcp-scopes\" || 'read,write'  }}"
             resources: