diff --git a/promenade/templates/include/genesis-etcd/server-container.yaml b/promenade/templates/include/genesis-etcd/server-container.yaml
index d8d2fbbb..2a119b3b 100644
--- a/promenade/templates/include/genesis-etcd/server-container.yaml
+++ b/promenade/templates/include/genesis-etcd/server-container.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@
           value: $(ETCD_CERT_FILE)
         - name: ETCDCTL_KEY
           value: $(ETCD_KEY_FILE)
+        - name: ETCD_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL
+          value: {{ config['Genesis:etcd.heartbeat_interval'] }}
+        - name: ETCD_ELECTION_TIMEOUT
+          value: {{ config['Genesis:etcd.election_timeout'] }}
+        - name: ETCD_SNAPSHOT_COUNT
+          value: {{ config['Genesis:etcd.election_timeout'] }}
+        - name: ETCD_CIPHER_SUITES
+          value: {{ config['Genesis:etcd.cipher_suites'] }}
+        - name: GOMAXPROCS
+          value: {{ config['Genesis:etcd.gomaxprocs'] }}
       ports:
         - name: client
           containerPort: {{ client_port }}
diff --git a/tools/gate/config-templates/genesis-config.yaml b/tools/gate/config-templates/genesis-config.yaml
index e42fee13..296adb91 100644
--- a/tools/gate/config-templates/genesis-config.yaml
+++ b/tools/gate/config-templates/genesis-config.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ data:
       etcdctl: ${IMAGE_ETCDCTL}
       scheduler: ${IMAGE_SCHEDULER}
   enable_operator: false
+  etcd:
+    auxiliary_threshold: 3
+    heartbeat_interval: 100
+    election_timeout: 1000
+    snapshot_count: 5000
+    cipher_suites: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
+    gomaxprocs: 20
   files:
     - path: /var/lib/anchor/calico-etcd-bootstrap
       content: ""