diff --git a/manifests/kustomize/third-party/seaweedfs/base/seaweedfs/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/kustomize/third-party/seaweedfs/base/seaweedfs/kustomization.yaml
index 9dbf9e742b3..f2306acabfe 100644
--- a/manifests/kustomize/third-party/seaweedfs/base/seaweedfs/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kustomize/third-party/seaweedfs/base/seaweedfs/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ resources:
 - seaweedfs-deployment.yaml
 - seaweedfs-pvc.yaml
 - seaweedfs-networkpolicy.yaml
-- seaweedfs-create-admin-user-job.yaml
 - seaweedfs-service.yaml
 - seaweedfs-service-account.yaml
 - minio-service.yaml
diff --git a/manifests/kustomize/third-party/seaweedfs/base/seaweedfs/seaweedfs-create-admin-user-job.yaml b/manifests/kustomize/third-party/seaweedfs/base/seaweedfs/seaweedfs-create-admin-user-job.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fcbfe00e2e..00000000000
--- a/manifests/kustomize/third-party/seaweedfs/base/seaweedfs/seaweedfs-create-admin-user-job.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-kind: Job
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-metadata:
-  name: init-seaweedfs
-spec:
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      name: init-seaweedfs
-    spec:
-      securityContext:
-        seccompProfile:
-          type: RuntimeDefault
-      restartPolicy: OnFailure
-      containers:
-      - name: init-seaweedfs
-        image: 'chrislusf/seaweedfs:3.85'
-        env:
-        - name: WEED_CLUSTER_DEFAULT
-          value: "sw"
-        - name: WEED_CLUSTER_SW_MASTER
-          value: "seaweedfs.kubeflow:9333"
-        envFrom:
-        - secretRef:
-            name: mlpipeline-minio-artifact
-        command:
-        - "/bin/sh"
-        - "-ec"
-        - |
-          wait_for_service() {
-            local url=$1
-            local max_attempts=60  # 5 minutes total (5s * 60)
-            local attempt=1
-          
-            echo "Waiting for service at $url..."
-            while [ $attempt -le $max_attempts ]; do
-              if wget -q --spider "$url" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-                echo "Service at $url is up!"
-                return 0
-              fi
-              echo "Attempt $attempt: Service not ready yet, retrying in 5s..."
-              sleep 5
-              attempt=$((attempt + 1))
-            done
-            echo "Service at $url failed to become ready within 5 minutes"
-            exit 1
-          }
-          wait_for_service "http://minio-service.kubeflow:9000/status"
-          echo "Creating S3 bucket..."
-          echo "s3.bucket.create --name mlpipeline" | /usr/bin/weed shell > /dev/null 2>&1
-          if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "Bucket created successfully"
-          else
-            echo "Failed to create bucket or bucket already exists"
-          fi
-          echo "Configuring S3 credentials..."
-          echo "s3.configure -user kubeflow-admin \
-                        -access_key $accesskey \
-                        -secret_key $secretkey \
-                        -actions Admin \
-                        -apply" | /usr/bin/weed shell > /dev/null 2>&1
-          if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "S3 credentials configured successfully"
-          else
-            echo "Failed to configure S3 credentials"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-        securityContext:  # Using restricted profile
-          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-          privileged: false
-          runAsNonRoot: true
-          # image defaults to root user
-          runAsUser: 1001
-          runAsGroup: 1001
-          capabilities:
-            drop:
-            - ALL
-      serviceAccountName: seaweedfs
diff --git a/manifests/kustomize/third-party/seaweedfs/base/seaweedfs/seaweedfs-deployment.yaml b/manifests/kustomize/third-party/seaweedfs/base/seaweedfs/seaweedfs-deployment.yaml
index 635e8ac6e37..31a0a16f201 100644
--- a/manifests/kustomize/third-party/seaweedfs/base/seaweedfs/seaweedfs-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kustomize/third-party/seaweedfs/base/seaweedfs/seaweedfs-deployment.yaml
@@ -24,14 +24,35 @@ spec:
           type: RuntimeDefault
       containers:
       - name: seaweedfs
-        image: 'chrislusf/seaweedfs:3.92'
+        envFrom:
+        - secretRef:
+            name: mlpipeline-minio-artifact
+        image: "chrislusf/seaweedfs:3.92"
         args:
-        - 'server'
-        - '-dir=/data'
-        - '-s3'
-        - '-iam'
-        - '-filer'
-        - '-master.volumePreallocate=false'
+        - "server"
+        - "-dir=/data"
+        - "-s3"
+        - "-iam"
+        - "-filer"
+        - "-master.volumePreallocate=false"
+        lifecycle:
+          postStart:
+            exec:
+              command:
+              - /bin/sh
+              - -ec
+              - |
+                # wait until seaweedfs master is ready
+                for i in $(seq 1 120); do
+                  if wget -q --spider http://127.0.0.1:8333/status; then
+                    break
+                  fi
+                  sleep 2
+                done
+                # create bucket if not exists (ignore error if exists)
+                echo "s3.bucket.create --name mlpipeline" | /usr/bin/weed shell || true
+                # configure admin user using keys from secret
+                echo "s3.configure -user kubeflow-admin -access_key $accesskey -secret_key $secretkey -actions Admin -apply" | /usr/bin/weed shell
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8333
         - containerPort: 8111
@@ -48,7 +69,7 @@ spec:
           successThreshold: 1
           failureThreshold: 100
           timeoutSeconds: 10
-        securityContext:  # Using restricted profile
+        securityContext: # Using restricted profile
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           privileged: false
           runAsNonRoot: true