diff --git a/charts/etcd/templates/etcd-statefulset.yaml b/charts/etcd/templates/etcd-statefulset.yaml
index dfa0b90d6..09a4f8b81 100644
--- a/charts/etcd/templates/etcd-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/etcd/templates/etcd-statefulset.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ spec:
 {{ end }}
           initialDelaySeconds: 15
           periodSeconds: 5
+          failureThreshold: 5
         livenessProbe:
           exec:
             command:
@@ -99,8 +100,10 @@ spec:
 # {{- end }}
             - get
             - foo
+            - --consistency=s
           initialDelaySeconds: 15
           periodSeconds: 5
+          failureThreshold: 5
         ports:
         - containerPort: {{ .Values.etcd.serverPort }}
           name: server
diff --git a/controllers/etcd_controller_test.go b/controllers/etcd_controller_test.go
index 214557c31..d71df5139 100644
--- a/controllers/etcd_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/etcd_controller_test.go
@@ -1176,8 +1176,9 @@ func validateEtcdWithDefaults(instance *druidv1alpha1.Etcd, s *appsv1.StatefulSe
 											"ETCDCTL_API=3": Equal("ETCDCTL_API=3"),
 											"etcdctl":       Equal("etcdctl"),
 											fmt.Sprintf("--endpoints=http://%s-local:%d", instance.Name, clientPort): Equal(fmt.Sprintf("--endpoints=http://%s-local:%d", instance.Name, clientPort)),
-											"get": Equal("get"),
-											"foo": Equal("foo"),
+											"get":             Equal("get"),
+											"foo":             Equal("foo"),
+											"--consistency=s": Equal("--consistency=s"),
 										}),
 									})),
 								}),
@@ -1565,8 +1566,9 @@ func validateEtcd(instance *druidv1alpha1.Etcd, s *appsv1.StatefulSet, cm *corev
 											"--key=/var/etcd/ssl/client/client/tls.key":                               Equal("--key=/var/etcd/ssl/client/client/tls.key"),
 											"--cacert=/var/etcd/ssl/client/ca/ca.crt":                                 Equal("--cacert=/var/etcd/ssl/client/ca/ca.crt"),
 											fmt.Sprintf("--endpoints=https://%s-local:%d", instance.Name, clientPort): Equal(fmt.Sprintf("--endpoints=https://%s-local:%d", instance.Name, clientPort)),
-											"get": Equal("get"),
-											"foo": Equal("foo"),
+											"get":             Equal("get"),
+											"foo":             Equal("foo"),
+											"--consistency=s": Equal("--consistency=s"),
 										}),
 									})),
 								}),