diff --git a/chart/templates/worker/first-rows/_container.tpl b/chart/templates/worker/first-rows/_container.tpl
index 16ffba971b..af8b6f965c 100644
--- a/chart/templates/worker/first-rows/_container.tpl
+++ b/chart/templates/worker/first-rows/_container.tpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {{- define "containerWorkerFirstRows" -}}
 - name: "{{ include "name" . }}-worker-first-rows"
   image: {{ .Values.dockerImage.workers.datasets_based }}
-  imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.docker.pullPolicy }}
   env:
   - name: DATASETS_BASED_ENDPOINT
     value: "/first-rows"
diff --git a/chart/templates/worker/parquet/_container.tpl b/chart/templates/worker/parquet/_container.tpl
index 82b06a2eee..1f2d7d1b51 100644
--- a/chart/templates/worker/parquet/_container.tpl
+++ b/chart/templates/worker/parquet/_container.tpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {{- define "containerWorkerParquet" -}}
 - name: "{{ include "name" . }}-worker-parquet"
   image: {{ .Values.dockerImage.workers.datasets_based }}
-  imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.docker.pullPolicy }}
   env:
   - name: DATASETS_BASED_ENDPOINT
     value: "/parquet"
diff --git a/chart/templates/worker/splits/_container.tpl b/chart/templates/worker/splits/_container.tpl
index 9672248395..1e77431ff3 100644
--- a/chart/templates/worker/splits/_container.tpl
+++ b/chart/templates/worker/splits/_container.tpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {{- define "containerWorkerSplits" -}}
 - name: "{{ include "name" . }}-worker-splits"
   image: {{ .Values.dockerImage.workers.datasets_based }}
-  imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.dockerImage.pullPolicy }}
+  imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.docker.pullPolicy }}
   env:
   - name: DATASETS_BASED_ENDPOINT
     value: "/splits"
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index c5595f2e88..f58427a16a 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ mongodb:
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
 
-# overridden by docker-images.yaml (which must be in JSON format!)
-dockerImage:
+docker:
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+
+# overridden by docker-images.yaml (which must be in JSON format!). See Makefile for details.
+dockerImage:
   reverseProxy: ""
   jobs:
     mongodb_migration: ""