diff --git a/test/deploy/tools/ldap.yaml b/test/deploy/tools/ldap.yaml
index 9bd49df0..0df509ec 100644
--- a/test/deploy/tools/ldap.yaml
+++ b/test/deploy/tools/ldap.yaml
@@ -148,18 +148,18 @@ spec:
               containerPort: 1636
           resources:
             requests:
-              cpu: "10m"
+              cpu: "100m" #! one-tenth of one CPU
               memory: "64Mi"
             limits:
-              cpu: "10m"
+              cpu: "200m" #! slapd needs a reasonable amount of CPU during initial startup or else it is slow to start
               memory: "64Mi"
           readinessProbe:
             tcpSocket:
               port: ldap
-            initialDelaySeconds: 25 #! typically takes about 30 seconds to start
-            timeoutSeconds: 120
-            periodSeconds: 5
-            failureThreshold: 6
+            initialDelaySeconds: 2
+            timeoutSeconds: 90
+            periodSeconds: 2
+            failureThreshold: 9
           env:
             #! Example ldapsearch commands that can be run from within the container based on these env vars.
             #! These will print the whole LDAP tree starting at our root.
diff --git a/test/deploy/tools/proxy.yaml b/test/deploy/tools/proxy.yaml
index 3a70b3dd..ae293a8a 100644
--- a/test/deploy/tools/proxy.yaml
+++ b/test/deploy/tools/proxy.yaml
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ spec:
             containerPort: 3128
           resources:
             requests:
-              cpu: "10m"
+              cpu: "100m" #! one-tenth of one CPU
               memory: "64Mi"
             limits:
-              cpu: "10m"
+              cpu: "100m" #! one-tenth of one CPU
               memory: "64Mi"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: log-dir