diff --git a/cmd/package-server-manager/main.go b/cmd/package-server-manager/main.go
index 05c431e4e0..45a01fcd15 100644
--- a/cmd/package-server-manager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/package-server-manager/main.go
@@ -6,13 +6,9 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	configv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 	olmv1alpha1 "github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
-	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
@@ -71,6 +67,9 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		LeaderElection:          !disableLeaderElection,
 		LeaderElectionNamespace: namespace,
 		LeaderElectionID:        leaderElectionConfigmapName,
+		RetryPeriod:             timeDurationPtr(defaultRetryPeriod),
+		RenewDeadline:           timeDurationPtr(defaultRenewDeadline),
+		LeaseDuration:           timeDurationPtr(defaultLeaseDuration),
 		HealthProbeBindAddress:  healthCheckAddr,
 		NewCache: cache.BuilderWithOptions(cache.Options{
 			SelectorsByObject: cache.SelectorsByObject{
@@ -114,12 +113,3 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
-
-func setupScheme() *runtime.Scheme {
-	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
-	utilruntime.Must(clientgoscheme.AddToScheme(scheme))
-	utilruntime.Must(configv1.Install(scheme))
-	utilruntime.Must(olmv1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme))
-
-	return scheme
-}
diff --git a/cmd/package-server-manager/util.go b/cmd/package-server-manager/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb54b9e6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/package-server-manager/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	configv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
+	olmv1alpha1 "github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
+	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+)
+
+const (
+	// Note: In order for SNO to GA, controllers need to handle ~60s of API server
+	// disruptions when attempting to get and sustain leader election:
+	// - https://github.com/openshift/library-go/pull/1104#discussion_r649313822
+	// - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1985697
+	defaultRetryPeriod   = 30 * time.Second
+	defaultRenewDeadline = 60 * time.Second
+	defaultLeaseDuration = 90 * time.Second
+)
+
+func timeDurationPtr(t time.Duration) *time.Duration {
+	return &t
+}
+
+func setupScheme() *runtime.Scheme {
+	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	utilruntime.Must(clientgoscheme.AddToScheme(scheme))
+	utilruntime.Must(configv1.Install(scheme))
+	utilruntime.Must(olmv1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme))
+
+	return scheme
+}