diff --git a/helm-toolkit/Chart.yaml b/helm-toolkit/Chart.yaml
index 611b87d83..c8897c355 100644
--- a/helm-toolkit/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm-toolkit/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v1.0.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm Helm-Toolkit
 name: helm-toolkit
-version: 0.2.50
+version: 0.2.51
 home: https://docs.openstack.org/openstack-helm
 icon: https://www.openstack.org/themes/openstack/images/project-mascots/OpenStack-Helm/OpenStack_Project_OpenStackHelm_vertical.png
 sources:
diff --git a/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/db-backup-restore/_backup_main.sh.tpl b/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/db-backup-restore/_backup_main.sh.tpl
index 687851eb4..9597d3421 100755
--- a/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/db-backup-restore/_backup_main.sh.tpl
+++ b/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/db-backup-restore/_backup_main.sh.tpl
@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ send_to_remote_server() {
     fi
   fi
 
+  # load balance delay
+  DELAY=$((1 + ${RANDOM} % 300))
+  echo "Sleeping for ${DELAY} seconds to spread the load in time..."
+  sleep ${DELAY}
+
   # Create an object to store the file
   openstack object create --name $FILE $CONTAINER_NAME $FILEPATH/$FILE
   if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
@@ -226,6 +231,11 @@ send_to_remote_server() {
     return 2
   fi
 
+  # load balance delay
+  DELAY=$((1 + ${RANDOM} % 300))
+  echo "Sleeping for ${DELAY} seconds to spread the load in time..."
+  sleep ${DELAY}
+
   # Calculation remote file SHA256 hash
   REMOTE_FILE=$(mktemp -p /tmp)
   openstack object save --file ${REMOTE_FILE} $CONTAINER_NAME $FILE
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/helm-toolkit.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/helm-toolkit.yaml
index 1aa5e41a5..918baf4e0 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/helm-toolkit.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/helm-toolkit.yaml
@@ -57,4 +57,5 @@ helm-toolkit:
   - 0.2.48 Added verify_databases_backup_archives function call to backup process and added remote backup sha256 hash verification
   - 0.2.49 Moved RabbitMQ Guest Admin removal to init
   - 0.2.50 Allow tls for external ingress without specifying key and crt
+  - 0.2.51 Added a random delay up to 300 seconds to remote backup upload/download for load spreading purpose
 ...