diff --git a/charts/windmill/README.md b/charts/windmill/README.md
index 1e04d7a..c984163 100644
--- a/charts/windmill/README.md
+++ b/charts/windmill/README.md
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Windmill - Turn scripts into endpoints, workflows and UIs in minutes
 | windmill.workerGroups[0].podSecurityContext.runAsUser | int | `0` | run as user. The default is 0 for root user |
 | windmill.workerGroups[0].replicas | int | `3` |  |
 | windmill.workerGroups[0].resources | object | `{"limits":{"cpu":"1","memory":"2Gi"}}` | Resource limits and requests for the pods |
-| windmill.workerGroups[0].terminationGracePeriodSeconds | int | `300` | If a job is being ran, the container will wait for it to finish before terminating until this grace period |
+| windmill.workerGroups[0].terminationGracePeriodSeconds | int | `604800` | If a job is being ran, the container will wait for it to finish before terminating until this grace period |
 | windmill.workerGroups[0].tolerations | list | `[]` | Tolerations to apply to the pods |
 | windmill.workerGroups[0].volumeMounts | list | `[]` |  |
 | windmill.workerGroups[0].volumes | list | `[]` |  |
diff --git a/charts/windmill/templates/worker-groups.yaml b/charts/windmill/templates/worker-groups.yaml
index e29c440..01c5dfa 100644
--- a/charts/windmill/templates/worker-groups.yaml
+++ b/charts/windmill/templates/worker-groups.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ spec:
       {{- toYaml . | nindent 6 }}
       {{- end }}
       {{ end }}
-      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{ default 300 $v.terminationGracePeriodSeconds }}
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{ default 604800 $v.terminationGracePeriodSeconds }}
       containers:
       {{- with $v.extraContainers }}
       {{- toYaml . | nindent 6 }}
diff --git a/charts/windmill/values.yaml b/charts/windmill/values.yaml
index 0776cc2..939d990 100644
--- a/charts/windmill/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/windmill/values.yaml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ windmill:
       annotations: {}
 
       # -- If a job is being ran, the container will wait for it to finish before terminating until this grace period
-      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 300
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 604800
 
       # -- Labels to apply to the pods
       labels: {}