diff --git a/helm/litellm/tests/probe_tests.yaml b/helm/litellm/tests/probe_tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a04709db2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/litellm/tests/probe_tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+suite: test liveness and readiness probe timeouts
+templates:
+  - gateway/deployment.yaml
+  - gateway/configmap.yaml
+  - backend/deployment.yaml
+values:
+  - ./values/required.yaml
+tests:
+  - it: gateway probes set an explicit timeout that outlasts a saturated event loop
+    template: gateway/deployment.yaml
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].livenessProbe
+          value:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health/liveliness
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 15
+            timeoutSeconds: 10
+            failureThreshold: 6
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].readinessProbe
+          value:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health/readiness
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            timeoutSeconds: 10
+
+  - it: backend probes set an explicit timeout that outlasts a saturated event loop
+    template: backend/deployment.yaml
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].livenessProbe
+          value:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health/liveliness
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 15
+            timeoutSeconds: 10
+            failureThreshold: 6
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].readinessProbe
+          value:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health/readiness
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            timeoutSeconds: 10
+
+  - it: no single-event-loop component is left on the kubernetes default 1s probe timeout
+    templates:
+      - gateway/deployment.yaml
+      - backend/deployment.yaml
+    asserts:
+      - isNotNullOrEmpty:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds
+      - isNotNullOrEmpty:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds
+          value: 10
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds
+          value: 10
+
+  - it: gateway liveness tolerates a longer outage than readiness before acting
+    template: gateway/deployment.yaml
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].livenessProbe.failureThreshold
+          value: 6
+      - notExists:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].readinessProbe.failureThreshold
+
+  - it: probe timeouts and thresholds stay overridable per component
+    template: gateway/deployment.yaml
+    set:
+      gateway.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds: 3
+      gateway.readinessProbe.periodSeconds: 20
+      gateway.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds: 4
+      gateway.livenessProbe.failureThreshold: 3
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].readinessProbe
+          value:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health/readiness
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 20
+            timeoutSeconds: 3
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].livenessProbe
+          value:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health/liveliness
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 15
+            timeoutSeconds: 4
+            failureThreshold: 3
diff --git a/helm/litellm/values.yaml b/helm/litellm/values.yaml
index 48e55a6805b..cd377667602 100644
--- a/helm/litellm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/litellm/values.yaml
@@ -216,10 +216,13 @@ gateway:
     httpGet: { path: /health/liveliness, port: http }
     initialDelaySeconds: 10
     periodSeconds: 15
+    timeoutSeconds: 10
+    failureThreshold: 6
   readinessProbe:
     httpGet: { path: /health/readiness, port: http }
     initialDelaySeconds: 5
     periodSeconds: 10
+    timeoutSeconds: 10
   hpa:
     enabled: true
     minReplicas: 1
@@ -309,10 +312,13 @@ backend:
     httpGet: { path: /health/liveliness, port: http }
     initialDelaySeconds: 10
     periodSeconds: 15
+    timeoutSeconds: 10
+    failureThreshold: 6
   readinessProbe:
     httpGet: { path: /health/readiness, port: http }
     initialDelaySeconds: 5
     periodSeconds: 10
+    timeoutSeconds: 10
   hpa:
     enabled: true
     minReplicas: 1