diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-be/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-be/templates/deployment.yaml
index 063e2d8..0b015aa 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-be/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-be/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
               - "/var/lib/ready-probe.sh"
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.periodSeconds }}
+            timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.timeoutSeconds }}
           {{ end }}
           readinessProbe:
             exec:
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@
               - "/var/lib/ready-probe.sh"
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.periodSeconds }}
+            timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.timeoutSeconds }}
           resources:
 {{ include "common.resources" . | indent 12 }}
           env:
diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-be/values.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-be/values.yaml
index 371acbb..018c379 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-be/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/charts/sdc-be/values.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 liveness:
   initialDelaySeconds: 60
   periodSeconds: 10
+  timeoutSeconds: 5
   # necessary to disable liveness probe when setting breakpoints
   # in debugger so K8s doesn't restart unresponsive container
   enabled: true
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 readiness:
   initialDelaySeconds: 60
   periodSeconds: 10
+  timeoutSeconds: 5
 
 service:
   type: NodePort