diff --git a/charts/akash-provider/Chart.yaml b/charts/akash-provider/Chart.yaml
index 716a2b5..816ae3a 100644
--- a/charts/akash-provider/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/akash-provider/Chart.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type: application
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
 
 # Major version bit highlights the mainnet release (e.g. mainnet4 = 4.x.x, mainnet5 = 5.x.x, ...)
-version: 9.2.0
+version: 9.2.1
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/charts/akash-provider/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/akash-provider/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 3968588..883a040 100644
--- a/charts/akash-provider/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/akash-provider/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ spec:
             - name: AKASH_MINIMUM_BALANCE
               value: "{{ .Values.minimumbalance }}"
             - name: AKASH_BID_DEPOSIT
-              value: "500000uakt"
+              value: "{{ .Values.bidmindeposit }}"
 
           ports:
             - name: api
diff --git a/charts/akash-provider/values.yaml b/charts/akash-provider/values.yaml
index 9e555db..11acce0 100644
--- a/charts/akash-provider/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/akash-provider/values.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ gas: "auto"
 # Note that --gas-adjustment is working only when --gas is "auto"!
 gasadjustment: "1.5"
 
+bidmindeposit: "500000uakt" # 0.5 AKT - provider minimum bid deposit (5 AKT for sandbox)
+
 # If you plan to use bid price script, then make sure to set bidpricescript variable to the base64 encoded contents of the script.
 # This will automatically switch AKASH_BID_PRICE_STRATEGY from "scale" (default) to "shellScript".
 # Sample scripts can be found under charts/akash-provider/scripts/ directory.