diff --git a/controllers/solrcloud_controller_basic_auth_test.go b/controllers/solrcloud_controller_basic_auth_test.go
index 00182005..cd3fbf5f 100644
--- a/controllers/solrcloud_controller_basic_auth_test.go
+++ b/controllers/solrcloud_controller_basic_auth_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package controllers
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+
 	solrv1beta1 "github.com/apache/solr-operator/api/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/apache/solr-operator/controllers/util"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ func expectBasicAuthConfigOnPodTemplateWithGomega(g Gomega, solrCloud *solrv1bet
 
 func expectPutSecurityJsonInZkCmd(g Gomega, expInitContainer *corev1.Container) {
 	g.Expect(expInitContainer).To(Not(BeNil()), "Didn't find the setup-zk InitContainer in the sts!")
-	expCmd := "ZK_SECURITY_JSON=$(/opt/solr/server/scripts/cloud-scripts/zkcli.sh -zkhost ${ZK_HOST} -cmd get /security.json); " +
+	expCmd := "ZK_SECURITY_JSON=$(/opt/solr/server/scripts/cloud-scripts/zkcli.sh -zkhost ${ZK_HOST} -cmd get /security.json || echo 'failed-to-get-security.json'); " +
 		"if [ ${#ZK_SECURITY_JSON} -lt 3 ]; then " +
 		"echo $SECURITY_JSON > /tmp/security.json; " +
 		"/opt/solr/server/scripts/cloud-scripts/zkcli.sh -zkhost ${ZK_HOST} -cmd putfile /security.json /tmp/security.json; echo \"put security.json in ZK\"; fi"
diff --git a/controllers/util/solr_security_util.go b/controllers/util/solr_security_util.go
index d67dfe15..97f7e602 100644
--- a/controllers/util/solr_security_util.go
+++ b/controllers/util/solr_security_util.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func addHostHeaderToProbe(httpGet *corev1.HTTPGetAction, host string) {
 
 func cmdToPutSecurityJsonInZk() string {
 	scriptsDir := "/opt/solr/server/scripts/cloud-scripts"
-	cmd := " ZK_SECURITY_JSON=$(%s/zkcli.sh -zkhost ${ZK_HOST} -cmd get /security.json); "
+	cmd := " ZK_SECURITY_JSON=$(%s/zkcli.sh -zkhost ${ZK_HOST} -cmd get /security.json || echo 'failed-to-get-security.json'); "
 	cmd += "if [ ${#ZK_SECURITY_JSON} -lt 3 ]; then echo $SECURITY_JSON > /tmp/security.json; %s/zkcli.sh -zkhost ${ZK_HOST} -cmd putfile /security.json /tmp/security.json; echo \"put security.json in ZK\"; fi"
 	return fmt.Sprintf(cmd, scriptsDir, scriptsDir)
 }
diff --git a/helm/solr-operator/Chart.yaml b/helm/solr-operator/Chart.yaml
index fca9878c..67a73363 100644
--- a/helm/solr-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/solr-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ annotations:
         - name: Github PR
           url: https://github.com/apache/solr-operator/pull/648
     - kind: fixed
+      description: Avoid reset of security.json if get request fails  
+      links:
+        - name: Github Issue
+          url: https://github.com/apache/solr-operator/issues/659
+        - name: Github PR
+          url: https://github.com/apache/solr-operator/pull/660
       description: SolrCloud scaling is now safe when using persistent storage with a 'Delete' reclaim policy
       links:
         - name: Github Issue