diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-bootstrap/resources/inputs/k8s-policy_handler-inputs.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-bootstrap/resources/inputs/k8s-policy_handler-inputs.yaml
index 50da2cc..50ac16f 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-bootstrap/resources/inputs/k8s-policy_handler-inputs.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-bootstrap/resources/inputs/k8s-policy_handler-inputs.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
         tls_ca_mode : "cert_directory"
         # optional tls_wss_ca_mode specifies the same for the tls based web-socket
         tls_wss_ca_mode : "cert_directory"
+        # optional timeout_in_secs specifies the timeout for the http requests
+        timeout_in_secs: 60
+        # optional ws_ping_interval_in_secs specifies the ping interval for the web-socket connection
+        ws_ping_interval_in_secs: 180
     # deploy_handler config
     #    changed from string "deployment_handler" in 2.3.1 to structure in 2.4.0
     deploy_handler :
@@ -99,4 +103,5 @@
         #
         #       "do_not_verify"  - special hack to turn off the verification by cacert and hostname
         tls_ca_mode : "cert_directory"
-
+        # optional timeout_in_secs specifies the timeout for the http requests
+        timeout_in_secs: 60
diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-bootstrap/values.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-bootstrap/values.yaml
index 6cf2cb6..cf80239 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-bootstrap/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-bootstrap/values.yaml
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@
 componentImages:
   config_binding_service: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.platform.configbinding.app-app:2.2.3
   datafile_collector: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.collectors.datafile.datafile-app-server:1.1.0
-  deployment_handler: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.platform.deployment-handler:3.0.3
+  deployment_handler: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.platform.deployment-handler:3.1.0
   holmes_rules: onap/holmes/rule-management:1.2.3
   holmes_engine: onap/holmes/engine-management:1.2.2
   inventory: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.platform.inventory-api:3.0.4
-  policy_handler: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.platform.policy-handler:4.4.0
+  policy_handler: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.platform.policy-handler:4.5.0
   service_change_handler: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.platform.servicechange-handler:1.1.5
   tca: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.deployments.tca-cdap-container:1.1.0
   ves: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.collectors.ves.vescollector:1.3.1