diff --git a/openshift/performance/scripts/run-all-performance-tests.sh b/openshift/performance/scripts/run-all-performance-tests.sh
index 232976f8eedf..36a007d82889 100755
--- a/openshift/performance/scripts/run-all-performance-tests.sh
+++ b/openshift/performance/scripts/run-all-performance-tests.sh
@@ -61,16 +61,16 @@ else
   for name in $(oc get machineset -n openshift-machine-api -o name); do oc scale "$name" -n openshift-machine-api --replicas=4; done
   oc wait --for=jsonpath="{.status.availableReplicas}=4" machineset --all -n openshift-machine-api --timeout=-1s
 
-  oc patch knativeserving knative-serving \
-    -n "${SYSTEM_NAMESPACE}" \
-    --type merge --patch-file "$(dirname "$0")/serving-simple.json"
+#  oc patch knativeserving knative-serving \
+#    -n "${SYSTEM_NAMESPACE}" \
+#    --type merge --patch-file "$(dirname "$0")/serving-simple.json"
 
   # remove pods and start fresh
-  oc delete po --all -n knative-serving --force --grace-period=0
-  oc delete po --all -n knative-serving-ingress --force --grace-period=0
+#  oc delete po --all -n knative-serving --force --grace-period=0
+#  oc delete po --all -n knative-serving-ingress --force --grace-period=0
 
   # make sure we are in good shape after patching
-  oc wait --for=condition=Ready knativeserving.operator.knative.dev knative-serving -n "${SYSTEM_NAMESPACE}" --timeout=900s
+#  oc wait --for=condition=Ready knativeserving.operator.knative.dev knative-serving -n "${SYSTEM_NAMESPACE}" --timeout=900s
 
   oc get nodes |  wc -l
 fi
diff --git a/test/performance/benchmarks/rollout-probe/rollout-probe-setup-activator-direct-lin.yaml b/test/performance/benchmarks/rollout-probe/rollout-probe-setup-activator-direct-lin.yaml
index 566b34319eac..6c14c9edf1b5 100644
--- a/test/performance/benchmarks/rollout-probe/rollout-probe-setup-activator-direct-lin.yaml
+++ b/test/performance/benchmarks/rollout-probe/rollout-probe-setup-activator-direct-lin.yaml
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        autoscaling.knative.dev/minScale: "100"
-        autoscaling.knative.dev/maxScale: "150"
+        autoscaling.knative.dev/minScale: "50"
+        autoscaling.knative.dev/maxScale: "100"
         # Always hook the activator in.
         autoscaling.knative.dev/targetBurstCapacity: "-1"
+        serving.knative.dev/rollout-duration: "240s"
     spec:
       containers:
       - image: ko://knative.dev/serving/test/test_images/autoscale
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ spec:
             cpu: 20m
             memory: 20Mi
           limits:
-            cpu: 500m
-            memory: 500Mi
-      containerConcurrency: 10
+            cpu: 300m
+            memory: 300Mi
+      containerConcurrency: 30
 ---
diff --git a/test/performance/benchmarks/rollout-probe/rollout-probe-setup-activator-direct.yaml b/test/performance/benchmarks/rollout-probe/rollout-probe-setup-activator-direct.yaml
index af3a3d44cdb7..c16214a55760 100644
--- a/test/performance/benchmarks/rollout-probe/rollout-probe-setup-activator-direct.yaml
+++ b/test/performance/benchmarks/rollout-probe/rollout-probe-setup-activator-direct.yaml
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        autoscaling.knative.dev/minScale: "100"
-        autoscaling.knative.dev/maxScale: "150"
+        autoscaling.knative.dev/minScale: "50"
+        autoscaling.knative.dev/maxScale: "100"
         # Always hook the activator in.
         autoscaling.knative.dev/targetBurstCapacity: "-1"
         autoscaling.knative.dev/metricAggregationAlgorithm: "weightedExponential"
+        serving.knative.dev/rollout-duration: "240s"
     spec:
       containers:
       - image: ko://knative.dev/serving/test/test_images/autoscale
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ spec:
             cpu: 20m
             memory: 20Mi
           limits:
-            cpu: 500m
-            memory: 500Mi
-      containerConcurrency: 10
+            cpu: 300m
+            memory: 300Mi
+      containerConcurrency: 30
 ---
diff --git a/test/performance/benchmarks/rollout-probe/rollout-probe-setup-queue-proxy-direct.yaml b/test/performance/benchmarks/rollout-probe/rollout-probe-setup-queue-proxy-direct.yaml
index 503de19535a4..21b033413e4d 100644
--- a/test/performance/benchmarks/rollout-probe/rollout-probe-setup-queue-proxy-direct.yaml
+++ b/test/performance/benchmarks/rollout-probe/rollout-probe-setup-queue-proxy-direct.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ spec:
             cpu: 20m
             memory: 20Mi
           limits:
-            cpu: 500m
-            memory: 500Mi
+            cpu: 250m
+            memory: 250Mi
       containerConcurrency: 10
 ---
diff --git a/test/performance/benchmarks/scale-from-zero/main.go b/test/performance/benchmarks/scale-from-zero/main.go
index e6ff603cfbc2..bb3bb1b37713 100644
--- a/test/performance/benchmarks/scale-from-zero/main.go
+++ b/test/performance/benchmarks/scale-from-zero/main.go
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ var (
 	}{
 		1: {
 			p95min:     0,
-			p95max:     40 * time.Millisecond,
-			latencyMax: 40 * time.Millisecond,
+			p95max:     50 * time.Millisecond,
+			latencyMax: 50 * time.Millisecond,
 		},
 		5: {
 			p95min:     0,
diff --git a/test/performance/performance-tests.sh b/test/performance/performance-tests.sh
index de733ff52747..8c0b315bfc81 100755
--- a/test/performance/performance-tests.sh
+++ b/test/performance/performance-tests.sh
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ kubectl wait --for=delete ksvc/load-test-200 --timeout=60s -n "$ns"
 ###############################################################################################
 header "Rollout probe: activator direct"
 
+toggle_feature scale-to-zero-grace-period 10s config-autoscaler
+
 ko apply --sbom=none -Bf "${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/test/performance/benchmarks/rollout-probe/rollout-probe-setup-activator-direct.yaml"
 kubectl wait --timeout=800s --for=condition=ready ksvc -n "$ns" --all