diff --git a/components/core/base/apicurio-registry-operator/kustomization.yaml b/components/core/base/apicurio-registry-operator/kustomization.yaml
index 6f5b7b9..79b4637 100644
--- a/components/core/base/apicurio-registry-operator/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/components/core/base/apicurio-registry-operator/kustomization.yaml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ patches:
       - op: replace
         path: /metadata/name
         value: apicurio-registry-operator
-  # Set watched namespaces (replace OLM valueFrom with direct value)
+  # Set resources, startup probe, and watched namespaces (replace OLM valueFrom with direct value)
   - target:
       kind: Deployment
-      name: apicurio-registry-operator
+      labelSelector: app.kubernetes.io/name=apicurio-registry-operator
     patch: |-
       apiVersion: apps/v1
       kind: Deployment
@@ -43,11 +43,14 @@ patches:
               - name: apicurio-registry-operator
                 resources:
                   requests:
-                    cpu: 200m
-                    memory: 256Mi
+                    cpu: 500m
+                    memory: 512Mi
                   limits:
-                    cpu: 200m
-                    memory: 256Mi
+                    cpu: 500m
+                    memory: 512Mi
+                startupProbe:
+                  periodSeconds: 10
+                  failureThreshold: 30
                 env:
                   - name: APICURIO_OPERATOR_WATCHED_NAMESPACES
                     value: ''
diff --git a/docs/overlays/metrics.md b/docs/overlays/metrics.md
index 45da3db..f3917a8 100644
--- a/docs/overlays/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/overlays/metrics.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title = 'Metrics'
 weight = 1
 cpu_total = '3 CPU cores'
-memory_total = '5 GiB'
+memory_total = '5.5 GiB'
 +++
 
 # Metrics Overlay
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index ade256e..707b31e 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ LOCAL_DIR="${LOCAL_DIR:-}"
 REPO="${REPO:-streamshub/developer-quickstart}"
 REF="${REF:-main}"
 OVERLAY="${OVERLAY:-}"
-TIMEOUT="${TIMEOUT:-120s}"
+TIMEOUT="${TIMEOUT:-180s}"
 
 # Color output helpers
 RED='\033[0;31m'