diff --git a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/README.md b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/README.md
index 1b4530df2..02bcacec6 100644
--- a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/README.md
+++ b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Dask-kubernetes-ope
 | `tolerations` | Tolerations | `[]` |
 | `affinity` | Affinity | `{}` |
 | `priorityClassName` | Priority class | `null` |
+| `livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds` |  | `5` |
 | `kopfArgs` | Command line flags to pass to kopf on start up | `["--all-namespaces"]` |
 | `metrics.scheduler.enabled` | Enable scheduler metrics. Pip package [prometheus-client](https://pypi.org/project/prometheus-client/) should be present on scheduler. | `false` |
 | `metrics.scheduler.serviceMonitor.enabled` | Enable scheduler servicemonitor. | `false` |
diff --git a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index 285259c0c..357ecf61f 100644
--- a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ spec:
             httpGet:
               path: /healthz
               port: 8080
+            timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
           volumeMounts:
             {{- toYaml .Values.volumeMounts | nindent 12 }}
       volumes:
diff --git a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/values.yaml b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/values.yaml
index d4d863a55..12e62ecbe 100644
--- a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/values.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ affinity: {}  # Affinity
 
 priorityClassName: null  # Priority class
 
+livenessProbe:
+  timeoutSeconds: 5
+
 kopfArgs: # Command line flags to pass to kopf on start up
   - --all-namespaces