diff --git a/staging/neo4j-deployment.yaml b/staging/neo4j-deployment.yaml
index e8268b047..2b3485c77 100644
--- a/staging/neo4j-deployment.yaml
+++ b/staging/neo4j-deployment.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - env:
+        - name: NEO4J_apoc_import_file_enabled
+          value: "true"
         - name: NEO4J_dbms_memory_pagecache_size
           value: 1G
         - name: NEO4J_dbms_memory_heap_max__size