diff --git a/data/Dockerfiles/unbound/healthcheck.sh b/data/Dockerfiles/unbound/healthcheck.sh
index ea94f63b..a96eaab4 100644
--- a/data/Dockerfiles/unbound/healthcheck.sh
+++ b/data/Dockerfiles/unbound/healthcheck.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Skip Unbound (DNS Resolver) Healthchecks (NOT Recommended!)
+if [[ "${SKIP_UNBOUND_HEALTHCHECK}" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])+$ ]]; then
+    SKIP_UNBOUND_HEALTHCHECK=y
+fi
+
 # Declare log function for logfile inside container
 function log_to_file() {
     echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"): $1" > /var/log/healthcheck.log
@@ -66,6 +71,11 @@ function check_netcat() {
 
 }
 
+if [[ ${SKIP_UNBOUND_HEALTHCHECK} == "y" ]]; then
+    log_to_file "Healthcheck: ALL CHECKS WERE SKIPPED! Unbound is healthy!"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 # run checks, if check is not returning 0 (return value if check is ok), healthcheck will exit with 1 (marked in docker as unhealthy)
 check_ping
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5a0730c7..4e742056 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ version: '2.1'
 services:
 
     unbound-mailcow:
-      image: mailcow/unbound:1.19.1
+      image: mailcow/unbound:1.20
       environment:
         - TZ=${TZ}
+        - SKIP_UNBOUND_HEALTHCHECK=${SKIP_UNBOUND_HEALTHCHECK:-n}
       volumes:
         - ./data/hooks/unbound:/hooks:Z
         - ./data/conf/unbound/unbound.conf:/etc/unbound/unbound.conf:ro,Z
diff --git a/generate_config.sh b/generate_config.sh
index 2986f168..e62d1689 100755
--- a/generate_config.sh
+++ b/generate_config.sh
@@ -363,6 +363,10 @@ SKIP_IP_CHECK=n
 
 SKIP_HTTP_VERIFICATION=n
 
+# Skip Unbound (DNS Resolver) Healthchecks (NOT Recommended!) - y/n
+
+SKIP_UNBOUND_HEALTHCHECK=n
+
 # Skip ClamAV (clamd-mailcow) anti-virus (Rspamd will auto-detect a missing ClamAV container) - y/n
 
 SKIP_CLAMD=${SKIP_CLAMD}
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 623242d5..ad77beac 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ CONFIG_ARRAY=(
   "WATCHDOG_VERBOSE"
   "WEBAUTHN_ONLY_TRUSTED_VENDORS"
   "SPAMHAUS_DQS_KEY"
+  "SKIP_UNBOUND_HEALTHCHECK"
 )
 
 detect_bad_asn
@@ -747,6 +748,12 @@ for option in ${CONFIG_ARRAY[@]}; do
       echo '# Enable watchdog verbose logging' >> mailcow.conf
       echo 'WATCHDOG_VERBOSE=n' >> mailcow.conf
     fi
+  elif [[ ${option} == "SKIP_UNBOUND_HEALTHCHECK" ]]; then
+    if ! grep -q ${option} mailcow.conf; then
+      echo "Adding new option \"${option}\" to mailcow.conf"
+      echo '# Skip Unbound (DNS Resolver) Healthchecks (NOT Recommended!) - y/n' >> mailcow.conf
+      echo 'SKIP_UNBOUND_HEALTHCHECK=n' >> mailcow.conf
+    fi
   elif ! grep -q ${option} mailcow.conf; then
     echo "Adding new option \"${option}\" to mailcow.conf"
     echo "${option}=n" >> mailcow.conf