diff --git a/cluster/gce/addons/konnectivity-agent/konnectivity-agent-ds.yaml b/cluster/gce/addons/konnectivity-agent/konnectivity-agent-ds.yaml
index 22e5e2716e7..7c0359c3cd5 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/addons/konnectivity-agent/konnectivity-agent-ds.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/addons/konnectivity-agent/konnectivity-agent-ds.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ spec:
                   "--ca-cert=/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt",
                   "--proxy-server-host=__APISERVER_IP__",
                   "--proxy-server-port=8132",
+                  "--sync-interval=5s",
+                  "--sync-interval-cap=30s",
+                  "--probe-interval=5s",
                   "--service-account-token-path=/var/run/secrets/tokens/konnectivity-agent-token"
                   ]
           env:
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index e14df787cdd..200ef36af39 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -1932,6 +1932,8 @@ function prepare-konnectivity-server-manifest {
   params+=("--agent-service-account=konnectivity-agent")
   params+=("--kubeconfig=/etc/srv/kubernetes/konnectivity-server/kubeconfig")
   params+=("--authentication-audience=system:konnectivity-server")
+  params+=("--kubeconfig-qps=75")
+  params+=("--kubeconfig-burst=150")
   konnectivity_args=""
   for param in "${params[@]}"; do
     konnectivity_args+=", \"${param}\""