diff --git a/charts/kyverno/values.yaml b/charts/kyverno/values.yaml
index 5cc596a478..0784fb1df8 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno/values.yaml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ livenessProbe:
     port: 9443
     scheme: HTTPS
   initialDelaySeconds: 10
-  periodSeconds: 10
+  periodSeconds: 30
   timeoutSeconds: 5
   failureThreshold: 2
   successThreshold: 1
diff --git a/definitions/install.yaml b/definitions/install.yaml
index e4ddeb3cf6..03e2d470c1 100644
--- a/definitions/install.yaml
+++ b/definitions/install.yaml
@@ -2443,13 +2443,13 @@ spec:
         image: ghcr.io/kyverno/kyverno:v1.3.5-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         livenessProbe:
-          failureThreshold: 4
+          failureThreshold: 2
           httpGet:
             path: /health/liveness
             port: 9443
             scheme: HTTPS
-          initialDelaySeconds: 5
-          periodSeconds: 10
+          initialDelaySeconds: 10
+          periodSeconds: 30
           successThreshold: 1
           timeoutSeconds: 5
         name: kyverno
diff --git a/definitions/manifest/deployment.yaml b/definitions/manifest/deployment.yaml
index 0f7f751b24..5fdc34a135 100755
--- a/definitions/manifest/deployment.yaml
+++ b/definitions/manifest/deployment.yaml
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ spec:
               path: /health/liveness
               port: 9443
               scheme: HTTPS
-            initialDelaySeconds: 5
-            periodSeconds: 10
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 30
             timeoutSeconds: 5
-            failureThreshold: 4
+            failureThreshold: 2
             successThreshold: 1
           readinessProbe:
             httpGet:
diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/server.go b/pkg/webhooks/server.go
index 4ab80d7876..a5993b31cf 100644
--- a/pkg/webhooks/server.go
+++ b/pkg/webhooks/server.go
@@ -221,7 +221,11 @@ func NewWebhookServer(
 	// Fail this request if Kubernetes should restart this instance
 	mux.HandlerFunc("GET", config.LivenessServicePath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		defer r.Body.Close()
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		if err := ws.webhookRegister.Check(); err != nil {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		} else {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		}
 	})
 
 	// Handle Readiness responds to a Kubernetes Readiness probe