diff --git a/kubernetes/clamp/components/clamp-mariadb/values.yaml b/kubernetes/clamp/components/clamp-mariadb/values.yaml
index 492145a..f9a31b6 100644
--- a/kubernetes/clamp/components/clamp-mariadb/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/clamp/components/clamp-mariadb/values.yaml
@@ -55,15 +55,17 @@
 
 # probe configuration parameters
 liveness:
-  initialDelaySeconds: 10
+  initialDelaySeconds: 30
   periodSeconds: 10
+  timeoutSeconds: 3
   # necessary to disable liveness probe when setting breakpoints
   # in debugger so K8s doesn't restart unresponsive container
   enabled: true
 
 readiness:
-  initialDelaySeconds: 10
+  initialDelaySeconds: 30
   periodSeconds: 10
+  timeoutSeconds: 3
 
 ## Persist data to a persitent volume
 persistence: