diff --git a/.changelog/2008.txt b/.changelog/2008.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba8bb5fa25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/2008.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+helm: Set default `limits.cpu` resource setting to `null` for `consul-connect-inject-init` container to speed up registration times when onboarding services onto the mesh during the init container lifecycle. 
+```
diff --git a/charts/consul/test/unit/connect-inject-deployment.bats b/charts/consul/test/unit/connect-inject-deployment.bats
index 9da24a7568..90166daca2 100755
--- a/charts/consul/test/unit/connect-inject-deployment.bats
+++ b/charts/consul/test/unit/connect-inject-deployment.bats
@@ -986,10 +986,7 @@ load _helpers
   local actual=$(echo "$cmd" |
     yq 'any(contains("-init-container-memory-limit=150Mi"))' | tee /dev/stderr)
   [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
-
-  local actual=$(echo "$cmd" |
-    yq 'any(contains("-init-container-cpu-limit=50m"))' | tee /dev/stderr)
-  [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
+  
 }
 
 @test "connectInject/Deployment: can set init container resources" {
diff --git a/charts/consul/values.yaml b/charts/consul/values.yaml
index e817d78a69..6707338a1c 100644
--- a/charts/consul/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/values.yaml
@@ -2130,15 +2130,22 @@ connectInject:
     # @type: string
     annotations: null
 
-  # The resource settings for connect inject pods.
-  # @recurse: false
+  # The resource settings for connect inject pods. The defaults, are optimized for getting started worklows on developer deployments. The settings should be tweaked for production deployments. 
   # @type: map
   resources:
     requests:
+      # Recommended production default: 500Mi
+      # @type: string
       memory: "50Mi"
+      # Recommended production default: 250m
+      # @type: string
       cpu: "50m"
     limits:
+      # Recommended production default: 500Mi
+      # @type: string
       memory: "50Mi"
+      # Recommended production default: 250m
+      # @type: string
       cpu: "50m"
 
   # Sets the failurePolicy for the mutating webhook. By default this will cause pods not part of the consul installation to fail scheduling while the webhook
@@ -2306,31 +2313,40 @@ connectInject:
     # @type: map
     resources:
       requests:
-        # Recommended default: 100Mi
+        # Recommended production default: 100Mi
         # @type: string
         memory: null
-        # Recommended default: 100m
+        # Recommended production default: 100m
         # @type: string
         cpu: null
       limits:
-        # Recommended default: 100Mi
+        # Recommended production default: 100Mi
         # @type: string
         memory: null
-        # Recommended default: 100m
+        # Recommended production default: 100m
         # @type: string
         cpu: null
 
-  # The resource settings for the Connect injected init container.
-  # @recurse: false
+  # The resource settings for the Connect injected init container. If null, the resources
+  # won't be set for the initContainer. The defaults are optimized for developer instances of 
+  # Kubernetes, however they should be tweaked with the recommended defaults as shown below to speed up service registration times. 
   # @type: map
   initContainer:
     resources:
       requests:
+        # Recommended production default: 150Mi
+        # @type: string
         memory: "25Mi"
+        # Recommended production default: 250m
+        # @type: string
         cpu: "50m"
       limits:
+        # Recommended production default: 150Mi
+        # @type: string
         memory: "150Mi"
-        cpu: "50m"
+        # Recommended production default: 500m
+        # @type: string
+        cpu: null
 
 # [Mesh Gateways](https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul/docs/connect/gateways/mesh-gateway) enable Consul Connect to work across Consul datacenters.
 meshGateway: