diff --git a/mariadb/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-job-create-user.yaml b/mariadb/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-job-create-user.yaml
index 9f67ac1bd..6f9decce6 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-job-create-user.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-job-create-user.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ kind: Job
 metadata:
   name: exporter-create-sql-user
 spec:
+  backoffLimit: {{ .Values.jobs.exporter_create_sql_user.backoffLimit }}
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       shareProcessNamespace: true
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
+      activeDeadlineSeconds: {{ .Values.jobs.exporter_create_sql_user.activeDeadlineSeconds }}
       restartPolicy: OnFailure
       nodeSelector:
         {{ .Values.labels.prometheus_mysql_exporter.node_selector_key }}: {{ .Values.labels.prometheus_mysql_exporter.node_selector_value }}
diff --git a/mariadb/values.yaml b/mariadb/values.yaml
index bdce15ca6..046ed9cbb 100644
--- a/mariadb/values.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/values.yaml
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ pod:
           memory: "1024Mi"
           cpu: "2000m"
 
+jobs:
+  exporter_create_sql_user:
+    backoffLimit: 87600
+    activeDeadlineSeconds: 3600
+
 dependencies:
   dynamic:
     common: