diff --git a/components/werther/kustomization.yaml b/components/werther/kustomization.yaml
index 94822ae..0e88a49 100644
--- a/components/werther/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/components/werther/kustomization.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ configMapGenerator:
       - WERTHER_LDAP_IS_TLS=true
       - WERTHER_LDAP_BASEDN="o=test,c=fr"
       - WERTHER_LDAP_ROLE_BASEDN="ou=groups,o=test,c=fr"
+      - WERTHER_LDAP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT="10s"
 
 secretGenerator:
   - name: werther-ldap-sc