diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/mariadb_galera_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/mariadb_galera_types.go
index d98ecdd3..1c7ed44d 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/mariadb_galera_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/mariadb_galera_types.go
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ func (g *GaleraSpec) FillWithDefaults() {
 
 var (
 	fiveSeconds    = metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second}
+	threeMinutes   = metav1.Duration{Duration: 3 * time.Minute}
 	fiveMinutes    = metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Minute}
 	tenMinutes     = metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Minute}
 	sst            = SSTMariaBackup
@@ -303,10 +304,10 @@ var (
 		},
 		Recovery: &GaleraRecovery{
 			Enabled:                 true,
-			ClusterHealthyTimeout:   &fiveMinutes,
+			ClusterHealthyTimeout:   &threeMinutes,
 			ClusterBootstrapTimeout: &tenMinutes,
 			PodRecoveryTimeout:      &fiveMinutes,
-			PodSyncTimeout:          &tenMinutes,
+			PodSyncTimeout:          &fiveMinutes,
 		},
 		InitContainer: &ContainerTemplate{
 			Image: Image{
diff --git a/docs/GALERA.md b/docs/GALERA.md
index 9cdfbf35..d9b7a5d1 100644
--- a/docs/GALERA.md
+++ b/docs/GALERA.md
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ spec:
       gracefulShutdownTimeout: 5s
     recovery:
       enabled: true
-      clusterHealthyTimeout: 5m
+      clusterHealthyTimeout: 3m
       clusterBootstrapTimeout: 10m
       podRecoveryTimeout: 5m
-      podSyncTimeout: 10m
+      podSyncTimeout: 5m
     initContainer:
       image:
         repository: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/init
diff --git a/examples/manifests/mariadb_v1alpha1_mariadb_galera.yaml b/examples/manifests/mariadb_v1alpha1_mariadb_galera.yaml
index 5114a657..55d3b639 100644
--- a/examples/manifests/mariadb_v1alpha1_mariadb_galera.yaml
+++ b/examples/manifests/mariadb_v1alpha1_mariadb_galera.yaml
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ spec:
       gracefulShutdownTimeout: 5s
     recovery:
       enabled: true
-      clusterHealthyTimeout: 5m
+      clusterHealthyTimeout: 3m
       clusterBootstrapTimeout: 10m
       podRecoveryTimeout: 5m
-      podSyncTimeout: 10m
+      podSyncTimeout: 5m
     initContainer:
       image:
         repository: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/init