diff --git a/config/manager/manager.yaml b/config/manager/manager.yaml
index 64ccd371..58964090 100644
--- a/config/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ spec:
     matchLabels:
       control-plane: coherence
   replicas: 3
+  progressDeadlineSeconds: 600
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
diff --git a/helm-charts/coherence-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm-charts/coherence-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index 4a944189..f1302a2c 100644
--- a/helm-charts/coherence-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/coherence-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ metadata:
 {{- end }}
 spec:
   replicas: {{ default 3 .Values.replicas }}
+  progressDeadlineSeconds: {{ default 600 .Values.progressDeadlineSeconds }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       control-plane: coherence
diff --git a/helm-charts/coherence-operator/values.yaml b/helm-charts/coherence-operator/values.yaml
index a8807902..0047aa0d 100644
--- a/helm-charts/coherence-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/coherence-operator/values.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ imagePullPolicy:
 # The operator runs HA by default, with one of the replicas assuming leadership.
 replicas: 3
 
+# progressDeadlineSeconds maps to the same field in the Operator deployment resource.
+# If not set, the default is 600 seconds
+# see: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/deployment/#progress-deadline-seconds
+progressDeadlineSeconds: 600
+
 # imagePullSecrets provides support pulling images from private registries, the value references
 #   one or more secrets to be used when pulling images. Secrets must be manually created in the
 #   target namespace.