diff --git a/pkg/controller/authentication/configmap.go b/pkg/controller/authentication/configmap.go
index 5c2fc045..0c7cf191 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/authentication/configmap.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/authentication/configmap.go
@@ -272,6 +272,15 @@ func (r *ReconcileAuthentication) handleConfigMap(instance *operatorv1alpha1.Aut
 					currentConfigMap.Data["MONGO_POOL_MAX_SIZE"] = newConfigMap.Data["MONGO_POOL_MAX_SIZE"]
 					cmUpdateRequired = true
 				}
+
+				if _, keyExists := currentConfigMap.Data["MONGODB_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES"]; !keyExists {
+					reqLogger.Info("Updating an existing Configmap", "Configmap.Namespace", currentConfigMap.Namespace, "ConfigMap.Name", currentConfigMap.Name)
+					newConfigMap = functionList[index](instance, r.scheme)
+					currentConfigMap.Data["MONGODB_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES"] = newConfigMap.Data["MONGODB_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES"]
+					currentConfigMap.Data["MONGODB_CONNECT_RETRY_INTERVAL"] = newConfigMap.Data["MONGODB_CONNECT_RETRY_INTERVAL"]
+					cmUpdateRequired = true
+				}
+
 				if _, keyExists := currentConfigMap.Data["OS_TOKEN_LENGTH"]; keyExists {
 					if currentConfigMap.Data["OS_TOKEN_LENGTH"] == "45" {
 						newConfigMap = functionList[index](instance, r.scheme)
@@ -574,6 +583,8 @@ func (r *ReconcileAuthentication) authIdpConfigMap(instance *operatorv1alpha1.Au
 			"MONGO_POOL_MIN_SIZE":                "5",
 			"MONGO_POOL_MAX_SIZE":                "15",
 			"MONGO_MAX_STALENESS":                "90",
+			"MONGODB_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES":        "10",
+			"MONGODB_CONNECT_RETRY_INTERVAL":     "10000",
 			"SCIM_LDAP_SEARCH_SIZE_LIMIT":        "4500",
 			"SCIM_LDAP_SEARCH_TIME_LIMIT":        "10",
 			"SCIM_ASYNC_PARALLEL_LIMIT":          "100",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/authentication/containers.go b/pkg/controller/authentication/containers.go
index 2e4a07d0..5bfafc93 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/authentication/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/authentication/containers.go
@@ -673,7 +673,8 @@ func buildIdentityProviderContainer(instance *operatorv1alpha1.Authentication, i
 	}
 
 	idpEnvVarList := []string{"NODE_ENV", "LOG_LEVEL_IDPROVIDER", "LOG_LEVEL_MW", "PROVIDER_ISSUER_URL", "PREFERRED_LOGIN", "IDTOKEN_LIFETIME", "SAAS_CLIENT_REDIRECT_URL", "IBM_CLOUD_SAAS", "ROKS_ENABLED", "ROKS_URL", "ROKS_USER_PREFIX", "OS_TOKEN_LENGTH", "LIBERTY_TOKEN_LENGTH",
-		"IDENTITY_PROVIDER_URL", "BASE_AUTH_URL", "BASE_OIDC_URL", "SCOPE_CLAIM", "OIDC_ISSUER_URL", "HTTP_ONLY", "IGNORE_LDAP_FILTERS_VALIDATION", "LDAP_ATTR_CACHE_SIZE", "LDAP_ATTR_CACHE_TIMEOUT", "LDAP_ATTR_CACHE_ENABLED", "LDAP_ATTR_CACHE_SIZELIMIT", "LDAP_SEARCH_CACHE_SIZE", "LDAP_SEARCH_CACHE_TIMEOUT", "LDAP_CTX_POOL_INITSIZE", "LDAP_CTX_POOL_MAXSIZE", "LDAP_CTX_POOL_TIMEOUT", "LDAP_CTX_POOL_WAITTIME", "LDAP_CTX_POOL_PREFERREDSIZE", "LDAP_SEARCH_CACHE_ENABLED", "LDAP_SEARCH_CACHE_SIZELIMIT", "LDAP_SEARCH_EXCLUDE_WILDCARD_CHARS", "LDAP_SEARCH_SIZE_LIMIT", "LDAP_SEARCH_TIME_LIMIT", "LDAP_SEARCH_CN_ATTR_ONLY", "LDAP_SEARCH_ID_ATTR_ONLY"}
+		"IDENTITY_PROVIDER_URL", "BASE_AUTH_URL", "BASE_OIDC_URL", "SCOPE_CLAIM", "OIDC_ISSUER_URL", "HTTP_ONLY", "IGNORE_LDAP_FILTERS_VALIDATION", "LDAP_ATTR_CACHE_SIZE", "LDAP_ATTR_CACHE_TIMEOUT", "LDAP_ATTR_CACHE_ENABLED", "LDAP_ATTR_CACHE_SIZELIMIT", "LDAP_SEARCH_CACHE_SIZE", "LDAP_SEARCH_CACHE_TIMEOUT", "LDAP_CTX_POOL_INITSIZE", "LDAP_CTX_POOL_MAXSIZE", "LDAP_CTX_POOL_TIMEOUT", "LDAP_CTX_POOL_WAITTIME", "LDAP_CTX_POOL_PREFERREDSIZE", "LDAP_SEARCH_CACHE_ENABLED", "LDAP_SEARCH_CACHE_SIZELIMIT", "LDAP_SEARCH_EXCLUDE_WILDCARD_CHARS", "LDAP_SEARCH_SIZE_LIMIT", "LDAP_SEARCH_TIME_LIMIT", "LDAP_SEARCH_CN_ATTR_ONLY", "LDAP_SEARCH_ID_ATTR_ONLY",
+		"MONGODB_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES", "MONGODB_CONNECT_RETRY_INTERVAL"}
 
 	idpEnvVars := buildIdpEnvVars(idpEnvVarList)