diff --git a/internal/controller/appserver/assets_test.go b/internal/controller/appserver/assets_test.go
index 682974b96..a32020b3b 100644
--- a/internal/controller/appserver/assets_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/appserver/assets_test.go
@@ -1623,6 +1623,8 @@ user_data_collector_config: {}
 			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].LivenessProbe).ToNot(BeNil())
 			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].LivenessProbe.HTTPGet.Port).To(Equal(intstr.FromString("https")))
 			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].LivenessProbe.HTTPGet.Path).To(Equal("/liveness"))
+			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].LivenessProbe.FailureThreshold).To(Equal(int32(3)))
+			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].LivenessProbe.PeriodSeconds).To(Equal(int32(30)))
 			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].ReadinessProbe).ToNot(BeNil())
 			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].ReadinessProbe.HTTPGet.Port).To(Equal(intstr.FromString("https")))
 			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].ReadinessProbe.HTTPGet.Path).To(Equal("/readiness"))
diff --git a/internal/controller/appserver/deployment.go b/internal/controller/appserver/deployment.go
index 9a51e52e5..28456dd3f 100644
--- a/internal/controller/appserver/deployment.go
+++ b/internal/controller/appserver/deployment.go
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ func GenerateOLSDeployment(r reconciler.Reconciler, cr *olsv1alpha1.OLSConfig) (
 								InitialDelaySeconds: 30,
 								PeriodSeconds:       30,
 								TimeoutSeconds:      30,
-								FailureThreshold:    15,
+								FailureThreshold:    3,
 							},
 						},
 					},
diff --git a/internal/controller/appserver/deployment_test.go b/internal/controller/appserver/deployment_test.go
index e6f8b57d0..441cc26b9 100644
--- a/internal/controller/appserver/deployment_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/appserver/deployment_test.go
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ var _ = Describe("App server deployment generation", func() {
 			Expect(dep.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels).To(Equal(utils.GenerateAppServerSelectorLabels()))
 			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].LivenessProbe).ToNot(BeNil())
 			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].LivenessProbe.HTTPGet.Port).To(Equal(intstr.FromString("https")))
+			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].LivenessProbe.FailureThreshold).To(Equal(int32(3)))
+			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].LivenessProbe.PeriodSeconds).To(Equal(int32(30)))
 			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].ReadinessProbe).ToNot(BeNil())
 			Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].ReadinessProbe.HTTPGet.Port).To(Equal(intstr.FromString("https")))
 		})