diff --git a/dev/Dockerfile.postgres_profile_docker_k8s b/dev/Dockerfile.postgres_profile_docker_k8s
index 3a718b7e7..e7af7cfc2 100644
--- a/dev/Dockerfile.postgres_profile_docker_k8s
+++ b/dev/Dockerfile.postgres_profile_docker_k8s
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FROM python:3.9
 RUN pip install dbt-postgres==1.3.1 psycopg2==2.9.3 pytz
 
 ENV POSTGRES_DATABASE=postgres
-ENV POSTGRES_HOST=127.0.0.1
+ENV POSTGRES_HOST=postgres-postgresql.default.svc.cluster.local
 ENV POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<postgres_password>
 ENV POSTGRES_PORT=5432
 ENV POSTGRES_SCHEMA=public
diff --git a/scripts/test/kubernetes-setup.sh b/scripts/test/kubernetes-setup.sh
index 905669808..24763ddf9 100644
--- a/scripts/test/kubernetes-setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/kubernetes-setup.sh
@@ -42,17 +42,18 @@ kubectl config set-context default
 # Deploy a Postgres pod to Kind
 helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
 helm repo update
-helm upgrade --install postgres bitnami/postgresql -f scripts/test/values.yaml
+helm install postgres bitnami/postgresql -f scripts/test/values.yaml
+
+sleep 60
 
 # Retrieve the Postgres password and set it as an environment variable
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$(kubectl get secret --namespace default postgres-postgresql -o jsonpath="{.data.postgres-password}" | base64 -d)
 export POSTGRES_PASSWORD
 
-sleep 60
 # Expose the Postgres to the host running Docker/Kind
 #kubectl port-forward --namespace default postgres-postgresql-0  5432:5432 &
 kubectl port-forward --namespace default svc/postgres-postgresql 5432:5432 &
-kubectl create secret generic postgres-secrets --from-literal=host=127.0.0.1 --from-literal=password=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+kubectl create secret generic postgres-secrets --from-literal=host=postgres-postgresql.default.svc.cluster.local --from-literal=password=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD
 
 # Create a docker image containing the dbt project files and dbt profile
 cd dev && docker build -t dbt-jaffle-shop:1.0.0 -f Dockerfile.postgres_profile_docker_k8s .
diff --git a/scripts/test/values.yaml b/scripts/test/values.yaml
index eb976fc14..ed81866db 100644
--- a/scripts/test/values.yaml
+++ b/scripts/test/values.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
-postgresql:
+primary:
   livenessProbe:
-    exec:
-      command:
-        - /bin/sh
-        - -c
-        - exec pg_isready -U "postgres" -h 127.0.0.1 -p 5432
-    initialDelaySeconds: 60
+    initialDelaySeconds: 120
     timeoutSeconds: 5
     periodSeconds: 10
     successThreshold: 1