diff --git a/services/crypto/xmr-miner/configmap-sources.yaml b/services/crypto/xmr-miner/configmap-sources.yaml
index 53350018..16538439 100644
--- a/services/crypto/xmr-miner/configmap-sources.yaml
+++ b/services/crypto/xmr-miner/configmap-sources.yaml
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ data:
   # OPTIONAL: p2pool SHA256 (exact 64-hex chars). Leave blank to skip verification.
   P2POOL_SHA256: ""
 
-  # REQUIRED: set to the official xmrig ARM64 tarball URL (static build preferred)
-  XMRIG_URL: "https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/download/v6.21.3/xmrig-6.21.3-linux-static-arm64.tar.gz"
-  # OPTIONAL: xmrig SHA256. Leave blank to skip verification.
-  XMRIG_SHA256: ""
-
   # Threads for xmrig (default 1 to avoid RAM spikes; override after testing)
   XMRIG_THREADS: "1"
   # Extra args for xmrig if you want (space-separated)
diff --git a/services/crypto/xmr-miner/deployment.yaml b/services/crypto/xmr-miner/deployment.yaml
index 31db7ce9..b06d2a91 100644
--- a/services/crypto/xmr-miner/deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/crypto/xmr-miner/deployment.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: crypto
   labels:
     app: monero-p2pool
-    atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: light
+    atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: heavy
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: monero-p2pool
-        atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: light
+        atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: heavy
       annotations:
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/role: "crypto"
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ spec:
             - matchExpressions:
               - key: hardware
                 operator: In
-                values: ["rpi4","rpi5"]
+                values: ["rpi5"]
           preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
             - weight: 50
               preference:
                 matchExpressions:
                 - key: hardware
                   operator: In
-                  values: ["rpi4"]
+                  values: ["rpi5"]
       initContainers:
         - name: fetch-p2pool
           image: alpine:3.20
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ spec:
             periodSeconds: 10
           resources:
             requests:
-              cpu: 100m
-              memory: 128Mi
-            limits:
               cpu: 500m
-              memory: 512Mi
+              memory: 3Gi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 1500m
+              memory: 4Gi
           volumeMounts:
             - { name: p2pool-bin, mountPath: /opt/p2pool }
       volumes:
diff --git a/services/crypto/xmr-miner/xmrig-daemonset.yaml b/services/crypto/xmr-miner/xmrig-daemonset.yaml
index f36f832e..e48dd36b 100644
--- a/services/crypto/xmr-miner/xmrig-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/services/crypto/xmr-miner/xmrig-daemonset.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spec:
                 values: ["rpi4","rpi5"]
       containers:
         - name: xmrig
-          image: ghcr.io/tari-project/xmrig@sha256:80defbfd0b640d604c91cb5101d3642db7928e1e68ee3c6b011289b3565a39d9
+          image: ghcr.io/tari-project/xmrig@sha256:d590a41613fea974f155280920095ea10c3710f55ecf16fc38fd3a1c18718129
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           env:
             - name: XMRIG_THREADS
@@ -43,8 +43,12 @@ spec:
               set -eu
               THR="${XMRIG_THREADS:-1}"
               EXTRA="${XMRIG_EXTRA_ARGS:-}"
+              IO_PREFIX=""
+              if command -v ionice >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                IO_PREFIX="ionice -c3"
+              fi
               # p2pool ignores wallet user; use 'x' or fixed difficulty with x+<diff>
-              exec nice -n 19 ionice -c3 xmrig \
+              exec nice -n 19 ${IO_PREFIX} xmrig \
                 -o p2pool.crypto.svc.cluster.local:3333 \
                 -u x \
                 -k \
diff --git a/services/maintenance/scripts/rpi_resource_reservation.sh b/services/maintenance/scripts/rpi_resource_reservation.sh
index dda7e7bf..65a67042 100644
--- a/services/maintenance/scripts/rpi_resource_reservation.sh
+++ b/services/maintenance/scripts/rpi_resource_reservation.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ unit="k3s-agent"
 unit_file="${host_root}/etc/systemd/system/${unit}.service"
 config_dir="${host_root}/etc/rancher/k3s/config.yaml.d"
 config_file="${config_dir}/90-atlas-rpi-reservations.yaml"
+kubelet_config_dir="${host_root}/var/lib/rancher/k3s/agent/etc/kubelet.conf.d"
+kubelet_config_file="${kubelet_config_dir}/90-atlas-rpi-reservations.conf"
 
 if [ ! -f "${unit_file}" ]; then
   echo "k3s-agent unit not found; this guardrail only manages worker agents"
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ cat > "${tmp_file}" <<'EOF'
 # Managed by Flux via services/maintenance/scripts/rpi_resource_reservation.sh.
 # Keep RPi workers below saturation so kubelet and the OS keep enough headroom
 # to evict or recover before the board wedges.
-kubelet-arg+:
+kubelet-arg:
   - "system-reserved=cpu=250m,memory=384Mi,ephemeral-storage=1Gi"
   - "kube-reserved=cpu=150m,memory=256Mi,ephemeral-storage=1Gi"
   - "eviction-hard=memory.available<512Mi,nodefs.available<10%,imagefs.available<10%"
@@ -34,9 +36,43 @@ if [ ! -f "${config_file}" ] || ! cmp -s "${tmp_file}" "${config_file}"; then
 fi
 rm -f "${tmp_file}"
 
+kubelet_tmp_file="$(mktemp)"
+cat > "${kubelet_tmp_file}" <<'EOF'
+apiVersion: kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: KubeletConfiguration
+systemReserved:
+  cpu: 250m
+  memory: 384Mi
+  ephemeral-storage: 1Gi
+kubeReserved:
+  cpu: 150m
+  memory: 256Mi
+  ephemeral-storage: 1Gi
+evictionHard:
+  memory.available: 512Mi
+  nodefs.available: 10%
+  imagefs.available: 10%
+evictionSoft:
+  memory.available: 768Mi
+  nodefs.available: 15%
+  imagefs.available: 15%
+evictionSoftGracePeriod:
+  memory.available: 1m
+  nodefs.available: 2m
+  imagefs.available: 2m
+evictionMaxPodGracePeriod: 60
+EOF
+
+if [ ! -f "${kubelet_config_file}" ] || ! cmp -s "${kubelet_tmp_file}" "${kubelet_config_file}"; then
+  mkdir -p "${kubelet_config_dir}"
+  install -m 0644 "${kubelet_tmp_file}" "${kubelet_config_file}"
+  changed=1
+fi
+rm -f "${kubelet_tmp_file}"
+
 if [ "${changed}" -eq 1 ]; then
   delay="$(( (RANDOM % 420) + 30 ))"
-  echo "updated ${config_file}; restarting ${unit} after ${delay}s"
+  echo "updated RPi kubelet reservations; restarting ${unit} after ${delay}s"
   sleep "${delay}"
   chroot "${host_root}" /bin/systemctl daemon-reload
   chroot "${host_root}" /bin/systemctl restart "${unit}"