diff --git a/services/maintenance/soteria-configmap.yaml b/services/maintenance/soteria-configmap.yaml
index 8f5dc5ce7..514970b2b 100644
--- a/services/maintenance/soteria-configmap.yaml
+++ b/services/maintenance/soteria-configmap.yaml
@@ -9,13 +9,19 @@ data:
   SOTERIA_RESTIC_SECRET_NAME: soteria-restic
   SOTERIA_RESTIC_REPOSITORY: s3:https://s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/atlas-soteria/soteria
   SOTERIA_RESTIC_BACKUP_ARGS: --compression auto
+  SOTERIA_RESTIC_PRUNE_AFTER_BACKUP: "false"
+  SOTERIA_RESTIC_UNLOCK_BEFORE_BACKUP: "false"
   SOTERIA_S3_ENDPOINT: https://s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com
   SOTERIA_S3_REGION: us-west-004
   SOTERIA_JOB_NODE_SELECTOR: longhorn-host=true,kubernetes.io/arch=arm64
+  SOTERIA_JOB_BACKOFF_LIMIT: "1"
+  SOTERIA_JOB_TTL_SECONDS: "259200"
   SOTERIA_JOB_CPU_REQUEST: 100m
   SOTERIA_JOB_CPU_LIMIT: "1"
   SOTERIA_JOB_MEMORY_REQUEST: 256Mi
   SOTERIA_JOB_MEMORY_LIMIT: 4Gi
+  SOTERIA_EXCLUDED_STORAGE_CLASSES: local-path
+  SOTERIA_EXCLUDED_PVCS: jenkins/jenkins-dind-cache
   SOTERIA_LONGHORN_URL: http://longhorn-backend.longhorn-system.svc:9500
   SOTERIA_LONGHORN_BACKUP_MODE: incremental
   SOTERIA_AUTH_REQUIRED: "true"
diff --git a/services/maintenance/soteria-deployment.yaml b/services/maintenance/soteria-deployment.yaml
index 29ed35eb3..e79827098 100644
--- a/services/maintenance/soteria-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/maintenance/soteria-deployment.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: soteria
       annotations:
-        soteria.bstein.dev/config-revision: "2026-07-14-restic-worker-resources"
+        soteria.bstein.dev/config-revision: "2026-07-15-restic-safety-rails"
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: soteria
       nodeSelector: