diff --git a/charts/retool/Chart.yaml b/charts/retool/Chart.yaml
index ec1288b8..29cf3061 100644
--- a/charts/retool/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/retool/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: retool
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
 type: application
-version: 6.0.2
+version: 6.0.3
 maintainers:
   - name: Retool Engineering
     email: engineering+helm@retool.com
diff --git a/charts/retool/charts/retool-temporal-services-helm/templates/server-deployment.yaml b/charts/retool/charts/retool-temporal-services-helm/templates/server-deployment.yaml
index 565d71d5..342c4598 100644
--- a/charts/retool/charts/retool-temporal-services-helm/templates/server-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/retool/charts/retool-temporal-services-helm/templates/server-deployment.yaml
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ spec:
             - name: TEMPORAL_VERSION_CHECK_DISABLED
               value: "1"
           {{- end }}
+          {{- with $.Values.environmentVariables }}
+{{ toYaml . | indent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
           ports:
             - name: rpc
               containerPort: {{ include (printf "temporal.%s.grpcPort" $service) $ }}
diff --git a/charts/retool/values.yaml b/charts/retool/values.yaml
index 8c886f99..e3797db8 100644
--- a/charts/retool/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/retool/values.yaml
@@ -490,6 +490,11 @@ retool-temporal-services-helm:
           cpu: 100m
           memory: 128Mi
 
+  # Set environment variables for temporal pods, e.g. skipping DB creation step at startup
+  # environmentVariables:
+  #   - name: SKIP_DB_CREATE
+  #     value: "true"
+
   # Setting this value to true will spin up the temporal web UI, admintools,
   # along with prometheus and grafana clusters for debugging performance
   # TODO: define this in _helpers.tpl
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 8c886f99..e3797db8 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -490,6 +490,11 @@ retool-temporal-services-helm:
           cpu: 100m
           memory: 128Mi
 
+  # Set environment variables for temporal pods, e.g. skipping DB creation step at startup
+  # environmentVariables:
+  #   - name: SKIP_DB_CREATE
+  #     value: "true"
+
   # Setting this value to true will spin up the temporal web UI, admintools,
   # along with prometheus and grafana clusters for debugging performance
   # TODO: define this in _helpers.tpl