diff --git a/SOURCES/bz2136203-fence_ibm_powervs-improve-defaults.patch b/SOURCES/bz2136203-fence_ibm_powervs-improve-defaults.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f5e578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/bz2136203-fence_ibm_powervs-improve-defaults.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From 3373431dc49d6e429bbf613765385cb33a56e917 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:39:29 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] fence_ibm_powervs: improve defaults based on testing
+
+---
+ agents/ibm_powervs/fence_ibm_powervs.py   | 4 ++--
+ tests/data/metadata/fence_ibm_powervs.xml | 4 ++--
+ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/agents/ibm_powervs/fence_ibm_powervs.py b/agents/ibm_powervs/fence_ibm_powervs.py
+index b0caed7c5..183893616 100755
+--- a/agents/ibm_powervs/fence_ibm_powervs.py
++++ b/agents/ibm_powervs/fence_ibm_powervs.py
+@@ -232,10 +232,10 @@ def main():
+ 	atexit.register(atexit_handler)
+ 	define_new_opts()
+ 
+-	all_opt["shell_timeout"]["default"] = "15"
++	all_opt["shell_timeout"]["default"] = "500"
+ 	all_opt["power_timeout"]["default"] = "30"
+ 	all_opt["power_wait"]["default"] = "1"
+-	all_opt["stonith_status_sleep"]["default"] = "3"
++	all_opt["stonith_status_sleep"]["default"] = "2"
+ 	all_opt["api-type"]["default"] = "private"
+ 	all_opt["proxy"]["default"] = ""
+ 
+diff --git a/tests/data/metadata/fence_ibm_powervs.xml b/tests/data/metadata/fence_ibm_powervs.xml
+index 40c494110..326bc2378 100644
+--- a/tests/data/metadata/fence_ibm_powervs.xml
++++ b/tests/data/metadata/fence_ibm_powervs.xml
+@@ -119,12 +119,12 @@
+ 	</parameter>
+ 	<parameter name="shell_timeout" unique="0" required="0">
+ 		<getopt mixed="--shell-timeout=[seconds]" />
+-		<content type="second" default="15"  />
++		<content type="second" default="500"  />
+ 		<shortdesc lang="en">Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command</shortdesc>
+ 	</parameter>
+ 	<parameter name="stonith_status_sleep" unique="0" required="0">
+ 		<getopt mixed="--stonith-status-sleep=[seconds]" />
+-		<content type="second" default="3"  />
++		<content type="second" default="2"  />
+ 		<shortdesc lang="en">Sleep X seconds between status calls during a STONITH action</shortdesc>
+ 	</parameter>
+ 	<parameter name="retry_on" unique="0" required="0">
diff --git a/SPECS/fence-agents.spec b/SPECS/fence-agents.spec
index 091209f..3e3c8df 100644
--- a/SPECS/fence-agents.spec
+++ b/SPECS/fence-agents.spec
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 Name: fence-agents
 Summary: Set of unified programs capable of host isolation ("fencing")
 Version: 4.2.1
-Release: 103%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dist}
+Release: 103%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dist}.1
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: https://github.com/ClusterLabs/fence-agents
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ Patch116: bz2072421-2-fence_zvmip-connect-error.patch
 Patch117: bz2091826-fence_ibm_vpc-add-proxy-support.patch
 Patch118: bz2092921-fence_ibm_powervs-proxy-private-api-servers.patch
 Patch119: bz1886074-4-fencing-source_env-dont-process-empty-lines.patch
+Patch120: bz2136203-fence_ibm_powervs-improve-defaults.patch
 
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
 %global supportedagents amt_ws apc apc_snmp bladecenter brocade cisco_mds cisco_ucs compute drac5 eaton_snmp emerson eps evacuate hds_cb hpblade ibmblade ibm_powervs ibm_vpc ifmib ilo ilo_moonshot ilo_mp ilo_ssh intelmodular ipdu ipmilan kdump kubevirt lpar mpath redfish rhevm rsa rsb sbd scsi vmware_rest vmware_soap wti
@@ -456,6 +457,7 @@ BuildRequires: python3-google-api-client python3-pip python3-wheel python3-jinja
 %patch117 -p1
 %patch118 -p1
 %patch119 -p1
+%patch120 -p1
 
 # prevent compilation of something that won't get used anyway
 sed -i.orig 's|FENCE_ZVM=1|FENCE_ZVM=0|' configure.ac
@@ -1439,6 +1441,10 @@ Fence agent for IBM z/VM over IP.
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 27 2022 Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com> - 4.2.1-103.1
+- fence_ibm_powervs: improve defaults
+  Resolves: rhbz#2136203
+
 * Tue Aug 16 2022 Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com> - 4.2.1-103
 - fence_openstack: new fence agent
   Resolves: rhbz#1886074