diff --git a/mirrord-operator/Chart.yaml b/mirrord-operator/Chart.yaml
index dc98490..09f1a30 100644
--- a/mirrord-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/mirrord-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 1.9.1
+version: 1.9.2
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/mirrord-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/mirrord-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index 9f807fd..5b067ae 100644
--- a/mirrord-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/mirrord-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OPERATOR_AGENT_CONNECTION_TLS
           value: "true"
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.operator.noPodTargetsSessionTimeoutMillis }}
+        - name: OPERATOR_NO_POD_TARGETS_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS
+          value: {{ .Values.operator.noPodTargetsSessionTimeoutMillis | quote }}
+        {{- end }}
         envFrom:
         - secretRef:
             name: {{ .Values.license.file.secret }}
diff --git a/mirrord-operator/values.yaml b/mirrord-operator/values.yaml
index 7936719..e555e21 100644
--- a/mirrord-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/mirrord-operator/values.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ operator:
   ## Controls how long (in seconds) a session is allowed to live for.
   # maxSessionTimeSeconds: 3600
 
+  ## Controls how long (in milliseconds) a session can live when there are no pods ready to be targeted.
+  # noPodTargetsSessionTimeoutMillis: 6000
+
   ## This should be enough for around 200~ concurrent sessions.
   limits:
     cpu: 200m