diff --git a/packages/main/src/plugin/kubernetes-context-state-constants.ts b/packages/main/src/plugin/kubernetes-context-state-constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c85a8cedaa8af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/main/src/plugin/kubernetes-context-state-constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**********************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ ***********************************************************************/
+
+export const connectTimeout = 1000;
+export const backoffInitialValue = 1000;
+export const backoffLimit = 60_000;
+export const backoffJitter = 300;
diff --git a/packages/main/src/plugin/kubernetes-context-state.spec.ts b/packages/main/src/plugin/kubernetes-context-state.spec.ts
index 90721b2ff660d..e1ffb16b51197 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/plugin/kubernetes-context-state.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/plugin/kubernetes-context-state.spec.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ vi.mock('@kubernetes/client-node', async importOriginal => {
   };
 });
 
+vi.mock('./kubernetes-context-state-constants.js', () => {
+  return {
+    connectTimeout: 1,
+    backoffInitialValue: 1000,
+    backoffLimit: 1000,
+    backoffJitter: 1,
+  };
+});
+
 const originalConsoleDebug = console.debug;
 const consoleDebugMock = vi.fn();
 
@@ -211,7 +220,7 @@ test('should send info of resources in all reachable contexts and nothing in non
       deployments: [{}, {}, {}, {}, {}],
     },
   } as ContextState);
-  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1200));
+  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2));
   expect(apiSenderSendMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('kubernetes-contexts-state-update', expectedMap);
 
   // => removing contexts, should remving clusters from sent info
@@ -282,7 +291,7 @@ test('should send info of resources in all reachable contexts and nothing in non
       deployments: [{}, {}, {}, {}],
     },
   } as ContextState);
-  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1200));
+  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2));
   expect(apiSenderSendMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('kubernetes-contexts-state-update', expectedMap);
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/main/src/plugin/kubernetes-context-state.ts b/packages/main/src/plugin/kubernetes-context-state.ts
index 7cd47a03f2555..b062e801694a9 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/plugin/kubernetes-context-state.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/plugin/kubernetes-context-state.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ import type {
 import { AppsV1Api, CoreV1Api, KubeConfig, makeInformer } from '@kubernetes/client-node';
 import type { KubeContext } from './kubernetes-context.js';
 import type { ApiSenderType } from './api.js';
+import {
+  backoffInitialValue,
+  backoffJitter,
+  backoffLimit,
+  connectTimeout,
+} from './kubernetes-context-state-constants.js';
 
 // ContextInternalState stores informers for a kube context
 interface ContextInternalState {
@@ -201,7 +207,7 @@ export class ContextsManager {
     return this.createInformer<V1Pod>(kc, context, path, listFn, {
       resource: 'pods',
       timer: this.podTimer,
-      backoff: new Backoff(1000, 60_000, 300),
+      backoff: new Backoff(backoffInitialValue, backoffLimit, backoffJitter),
       onAdd: obj => this.setStateAndDispatch(context.name, state => state.resources.pods.push(obj)),
       onDelete: obj =>
         this.setStateAndDispatch(
@@ -228,7 +234,7 @@ export class ContextsManager {
     return this.createInformer<V1Deployment>(kc, context, path, listFn, {
       resource: 'deployments',
       timer: this.deploymentTimer,
-      backoff: new Backoff(1000, 60_000, 300),
+      backoff: new Backoff(backoffInitialValue, backoffLimit, backoffJitter),
       onAdd: obj => this.setStateAndDispatch(context.name, state => state.resources.deployments.push(obj)),
       onDelete: obj =>
         this.setStateAndDispatch(
@@ -319,7 +325,7 @@ export class ContextsManager {
     clearTimeout(this.timeoutId);
     this.timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
       this.apiSender.send(`kubernetes-contexts-state-update`, this.states.getPublished());
-    }, 1000);
+    }, connectTimeout);
   }
 
   public getContextsState(): Map<string, ContextState> {