diff --git a/values/rke2-jupyter-staging/controller_config_snippet.yaml b/values/rke2-jupyter-staging/controller_config_snippet.yaml
index 63bfef86b1d34746e9609eda821cbb77712c3bd9..9e84ac7b53d9f518ea65b8a06451f20e7cfcb78c 100644
--- a/values/rke2-jupyter-staging/controller_config_snippet.yaml
+++ b/values/rke2-jupyter-staging/controller_config_snippet.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,30 @@ controller:
           server proxy-public.coeraise.svc:8462 max_fails=0;
           keepalive 32;
       }
+      upstream ebrains-retries {
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:443 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8443 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8444 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8445 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8446 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8447 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8448 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8449 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8450 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8451 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8452 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8453 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8454 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8455 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8456 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8457 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8458 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8459 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8460 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8461 max_fails=0;
+          server proxy-public.ebrains.svc:8462 max_fails=0;
+          keepalive 32;
+      }
       upstream dev1-retries {
           server proxy-public.dev1.svc:443 max_fails=0;
           server proxy-public.dev1.svc:8443 max_fails=0;
@@ -216,4 +240,4 @@ controller:
           server proxy-public.portalgauss.svc:8461 max_fails=0;
           server proxy-public.portalgauss.svc:8462 max_fails=0;
           keepalive 32;
-      }
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+      }