diff --git a/pkg/deploy/pluginregistry/pluginregistry_deployment.go b/pkg/deploy/pluginregistry/pluginregistry_deployment.go
index 9f3f0353d..d7aeaeb38 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/pluginregistry/pluginregistry_deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/deploy/pluginregistry/pluginregistry_deployment.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func (p *PluginRegistryReconciler) getPluginRegistryDeploymentSpec(ctx *chetypes
 	if ctx.CheCluster.IsOpenVSXURLEmpty() {
 		// Add time to start embedded VSX registry
 		deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].LivenessProbe.InitialDelaySeconds = 300
+		deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].ReadinessProbe.FailureThreshold = 90
 	}
 
 	deploy.EnsurePodSecurityStandards(deployment, constants.DefaultSecurityContextRunAsUser, constants.DefaultSecurityContextFsGroup)