diff --git a/vault-helm/debian/deb_folder/patches/0001-Add-vault-manager-repository-to-values.yaml.patch b/vault-helm/debian/deb_folder/patches/0001-Add-vault-manager-repository-to-values.yaml.patch
index 4dcc680..7038416 100644
--- a/vault-helm/debian/deb_folder/patches/0001-Add-vault-manager-repository-to-values.yaml.patch
+++ b/vault-helm/debian/deb_folder/patches/0001-Add-vault-manager-repository-to-values.yaml.patch
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-From ef953bc9a8f961c40fd8c6a051b04232ca1849c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 3a687b597f91a7f344a22d5f63b24159880ee74f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Greg Waines <greg.waines@windriver.com>
 Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2022 20:14:58 -0400
 Subject: [PATCH] Add vault manager repository to values.yaml
 
 ---
- values.yaml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
+ values.yaml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
 
 diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
-index 61af7b2..15f5287 100644
+index 61af7b2..aff058b 100644
 --- a/values.yaml
 +++ b/values.yaml
-@@ -24,6 +24,30 @@ global:
+@@ -24,6 +24,43 @@ global:
        seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName:  runtime/default
        apparmor.security.beta.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName:  runtime/default
  
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ index 61af7b2..15f5287 100644
 +  # Default is 5 s/interval * 3 intervals == 15 seconds.
 +  #
 +  unsealWaitIntervals: 3
++
++  # Network timeout for queries to vault server /sys/health endpoint
++  #
++  # The maximum time in seconds to wait for a server to respond to
++  # health query.  This applies for the HA recovery situations, not the
++  # initialization of vault cluster.  Unsetting the value is not
++  # recommended, and defaults to curl --connect-timeout of 60 seconds.
++  #
++  # vault-manager will appear to hang if healthQueryTimeout is
++  # over-large.  This setting affects the logs, since vault-manager will
++  # issue a log when the 'sealed' status toggles between true/false and
++  # the 'unknown' value
++  healthQueryTimeout: 2
 +
  injector:
    # True if you want to enable vault agent injection.
diff --git a/vault-helm/vault-helm/helm-charts/vault-init.yaml b/vault-helm/vault-helm/helm-charts/vault-init.yaml
index 98cb47b..79165aa 100644
--- a/vault-helm/vault-helm/helm-charts/vault-init.yaml
+++ b/vault-helm/vault-helm/helm-charts/vault-init.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ data:
     PODREC_F="$WORKDIR/previous_pods_status.txt"
     PODREC_TMP_F="$WORKDIR/new_pods_status.txt"
 
+    # Vault server health query timeout during HA recovery scenario
+    QUERY_TMOUT={{ .Values.manager.healthQueryTimeout }}
+
     STATEFULSET_RATE=5
     INIT_CONVERGE_TIME=10
     JOIN_RATE=5
@@ -42,6 +45,11 @@ data:
         echo "$(date +%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S)  $@"
     }
 
+    if ! [[ "$QUERY_TMOUT" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+        log ".Values.manager.healthQueryTimeout not an integer"
+        QUERY_TMOUT=""
+    fi
+
     # Creates a list of all k8s vault pods and stores in text file.
     # Converts ips from X.X.X.X or a:b:c::d to X-X-X-X for use as pod
     # dns names
@@ -130,7 +138,13 @@ data:
     # Simply calls the status check of a vault, used to check if it is
     # initialized, unsealed, or part of raft cluster
     function vaultServerStatus {
-        curl --cacert $CERT -s https://$row.$DOMAIN:8200/v1/sys/health
+        local tmout=""
+
+        if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+            tmout="--connect-timeout $1"
+        fi
+        curl $tmout --cacert $CERT -s \
+            https://$row.$DOMAIN:8200/v1/sys/health
     }
 
     function runStateMachine {
@@ -277,7 +291,7 @@ data:
                 log "pod list has empty data: [$host] [$row]"
                 continue
             fi
-            vaultServerStatus > $WORKDIR/healthcheck.txt
+            vaultServerStatus $QUERY_TMOUT > $WORKDIR/healthcheck.txt
             TEMP=$(cat $WORKDIR/healthcheck.txt | jq -r .sealed)
 
             # Decide when to unseal the vault server; includes