diff --git a/kubernetes-manifests/accounts-db.yaml b/kubernetes-manifests/accounts-db.yaml
index eda95a031..632b76e87 100644
--- a/kubernetes-manifests/accounts-db.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-manifests/accounts-db.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: default
       containers:
       - name: accounts-db
-        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/accounts-db:v0.5.4
+        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/accounts-db:v0.5.5
         envFrom:
           - configMapRef:
               name: environment-config
diff --git a/kubernetes-manifests/balance-reader.yaml b/kubernetes-manifests/balance-reader.yaml
index 94232533d..9b4d74147 100644
--- a/kubernetes-manifests/balance-reader.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-manifests/balance-reader.yaml
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 5
       containers:
       - name: balancereader
-        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/balancereader:v0.5.4
+        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/balancereader:v0.5.5
         volumeMounts:
         - name: publickey
           mountPath: "/root/.ssh"
           readOnly: true
         env:
         - name: VERSION
-          value: "v0.5.4"
+          value: "v0.5.5"
         - name: PORT
           value: "8080"
         # toggle Cloud Trace export
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ spec:
           value: "1000000"
         # tell Java to obey container memory limits
         - name: JVM_OPTS
-          value: "-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseCGroupMemoryLimitForHeap -Xms128m -Xmx256m"
+          value: "-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseCGroupMemoryLimitForHeap -Xms256m -Xmx512m"
         # Valid levels are debug, info, warn, error, fatal.
         # If no valid level is set, will default to info.
         - name: LOG_LEVEL
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ spec:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 256Mi
           limits:
-            cpu: 250m
+            cpu: 500m
             memory: 512Mi
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ spec:
           initialDelaySeconds: 120
           periodSeconds: 5
           timeoutSeconds: 10
+        startupProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /healthy
+            port: 8080
+          failureThreshold: 30
+          periodSeconds: 10
       volumes:
       - name: publickey
         secret:
diff --git a/kubernetes-manifests/config.yaml b/kubernetes-manifests/config.yaml
index 458376145..803607881 100644
--- a/kubernetes-manifests/config.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-manifests/config.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ metadata:
 data:
   USE_DEMO_DATA: "True"
   DEMO_LOGIN_USERNAME: "testuser"
-  # All demo user accounts are hardcoded to use the login password 'password'
-  DEMO_LOGIN_PASSWORD: "password"
+  # All demo user accounts are hardcoded to use the login password 'bankofanthos'
+  DEMO_LOGIN_PASSWORD: "bankofanthos"
 # [END gke_boa_kubernetes_manifests_config_configmap_demo_data_config]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kubernetes-manifests/contacts.yaml b/kubernetes-manifests/contacts.yaml
index 3fb3d148e..68b7c86a8 100644
--- a/kubernetes-manifests/contacts.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-manifests/contacts.yaml
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 5
       containers:
       - name: contacts
-        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/contacts:v0.5.4
+        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/contacts:v0.5.5
         volumeMounts:
         - name: publickey
           mountPath: "/root/.ssh"
           readOnly: true
         env:
         - name: VERSION
-          value: "v0.5.4"
+          value: "v0.5.5"
         - name: PORT
           value: "8080"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/kubernetes-manifests/frontend.yaml b/kubernetes-manifests/frontend.yaml
index 3b66906ae..1aa5f5a98 100644
--- a/kubernetes-manifests/frontend.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-manifests/frontend.yaml
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 5
       containers:
       - name: front
-        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/frontend:v0.5.4
+        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/frontend:v0.5.5
         volumeMounts:
         - name: publickey
           mountPath: "/root/.ssh"
           readOnly: true
         env:
         - name: VERSION
-          value: "v0.5.4"
+          value: "v0.5.5"
         - name: PORT
           value: "8080"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/kubernetes-manifests/ledger-db.yaml b/kubernetes-manifests/ledger-db.yaml
index e21dcba03..a1a0d40f1 100644
--- a/kubernetes-manifests/ledger-db.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-manifests/ledger-db.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: default
       containers:
         - name: postgres
-          image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/ledger-db:v0.5.4
+          image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/ledger-db:v0.5.5
           ports:
             - containerPort: 5432
           envFrom:
diff --git a/kubernetes-manifests/ledger-writer.yaml b/kubernetes-manifests/ledger-writer.yaml
index 2ecc2cc64..860f81c06 100644
--- a/kubernetes-manifests/ledger-writer.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-manifests/ledger-writer.yaml
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 5
       containers:
       - name: ledgerwriter
-        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/ledgerwriter:v0.5.4
+        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/ledgerwriter:v0.5.5
         volumeMounts:
         - name: publickey
           mountPath: "/root/.ssh"
           readOnly: true
         env:
         - name: VERSION
-          value: "v0.5.4"
+          value: "v0.5.5"
         - name: PORT
           value: "8080"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ spec:
           value: "true"
          # tell Java to obey container memory limits
         - name: JVM_OPTS
-          value: "-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseCGroupMemoryLimitForHeap -Xms128m -Xmx256m"
+          value: "-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseCGroupMemoryLimitForHeap -Xms256m -Xmx512m"
         # service level override of log level
         - name: LOG_LEVEL
           value: "info"
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ spec:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 256Mi
           limits:
-            cpu: 250m
+            cpu: 500m
             memory: 512Mi
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ spec:
           initialDelaySeconds: 60
           periodSeconds: 5
           timeoutSeconds: 10
+        startupProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /ready
+            port: 8080
+          failureThreshold: 30
+          periodSeconds: 10
       volumes:
       - name: publickey
         secret:
diff --git a/kubernetes-manifests/loadgenerator.yaml b/kubernetes-manifests/loadgenerator.yaml
index cc38d0808..a4721bbf7 100644
--- a/kubernetes-manifests/loadgenerator.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-manifests/loadgenerator.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ spec:
       restartPolicy: Always
       containers:
       - name: loadgenerator
-        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/loadgenerator:v0.5.4
+        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/loadgenerator:v0.5.5
         env:
         - name: FRONTEND_ADDR
           value: "frontend:80"
diff --git a/kubernetes-manifests/transaction-history.yaml b/kubernetes-manifests/transaction-history.yaml
index ca6ad4e0d..f0f176328 100644
--- a/kubernetes-manifests/transaction-history.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-manifests/transaction-history.yaml
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 5
       containers:
       - name: transactionhistory
-        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/transactionhistory:v0.5.4
+        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/transactionhistory:v0.5.5
         volumeMounts:
         - name: publickey
           mountPath: "/root/.ssh"
           readOnly: true
         env:
         - name: VERSION
-          value: "v0.5.4"
+          value: "v0.5.5"
         - name: PORT
           value: "8080"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ spec:
           value: "100"
           # tell Java to obey container memory limits
         - name: JVM_OPTS
-          value: "-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseCGroupMemoryLimitForHeap -Xms128m -Xmx256m"
+          value: "-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseCGroupMemoryLimitForHeap -Xms256m -Xmx512m"
         #- name: EXTRA_LATENCY_MILLIS
         #  value: "5000"
         # Valid levels are debug, info, warn, error, fatal.
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ spec:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 256Mi
           limits:
-            cpu: 250m
+            cpu: 500m
             memory: 512Mi
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ spec:
           initialDelaySeconds: 120
           periodSeconds: 5
           timeoutSeconds: 10
+        startupProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /healthy
+            port: 8080
+          failureThreshold: 30
+          periodSeconds: 10
       volumes:
       - name: publickey
         secret:
diff --git a/kubernetes-manifests/userservice.yaml b/kubernetes-manifests/userservice.yaml
index 881f24df9..f40ec3260 100644
--- a/kubernetes-manifests/userservice.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-manifests/userservice.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 5
       containers:
       - name: userservice
-        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/userservice:v0.5.4
+        image: gcr.io/bank-of-anthos-ci/userservice:v0.5.5
         volumeMounts:
         - name: keys
           mountPath: "/root/.ssh"
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ spec:
           containerPort: 8080
         env:
         - name: VERSION
-          value: "v0.5.4"
+          value: "v0.5.5"
         - name: PORT
           value: "8080"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ spec:
           timeoutSeconds: 10
         resources:
           requests:
-            cpu: 100m
+            cpu: 200m
             memory: 64Mi
           limits:
-            cpu: 250m
+            cpu: 500m
             memory: 256Mi
       volumes:
       - name: keys