diff --git a/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller.go b/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller.go
index 89d113e0..12d71e75 100644
--- a/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func init() {
 
 // SetupWithManager sets up the controller with the Manager.
 func (r *ConfigurationPolicyReconciler) SetupWithManager(
-	mgr ctrl.Manager, evaluationConcurrency uint8, rawSources ...source.TypedSource[reconcile.Request],
+	mgr ctrl.Manager, evaluationConcurrency uint16, rawSources ...source.TypedSource[reconcile.Request],
 ) error {
 	builder := ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
 		Named(ControllerName).
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ type ConfigurationPolicyReconciler struct {
 	UninstallMode bool
 	// The number of seconds before a policy is eligible for reevaluation in watch mode (throttles frequently evaluated
 	// policies)
-	EvalBackoffSeconds uint
+	EvalBackoffSeconds uint32
 	// lastEvaluatedCache contains the value of ConfigurationPolicyStatus.LastEvaluated per ConfigurationPolicy UID.
 	// This is a workaround to account for race conditions where the status is updated but the controller-runtime cache
 	// has not updated yet.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2915d738..43bf3699 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ type ctrlOpts struct {
 	probeAddr                string
 	operatorPolDefaultNS     string
 	clientQPS                float32
-	clientBurst              uint
-	evalBackoffSeconds       uint
+	clientBurst              uint16
+	evalBackoffSeconds       uint32
 	decryptionConcurrency    uint8
-	evaluationConcurrency    uint8
+	evaluationConcurrency    uint16
 	enableLease              bool
 	enableLeaderElection     bool
 	enableMetrics            bool
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ func handleTriggerUninstall() {
 	triggerUninstallFlagSet := pflag.NewFlagSet("trigger-uninstall", pflag.ExitOnError)
 
 	var deploymentName, deploymentNamespace, policyNamespace string
-	var timeoutSeconds uint
+	var timeoutSeconds uint32
 
 	triggerUninstallFlagSet.StringVar(
 		&deploymentName, "deployment-name", "config-policy-controller", "The name of the controller Deployment object",
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ func handleTriggerUninstall() {
 	triggerUninstallFlagSet.StringVar(
 		&policyNamespace, "policy-namespace", "", "The namespace of where ConfigurationPolicy objects are stored",
 	)
-	triggerUninstallFlagSet.UintVar(
+	triggerUninstallFlagSet.Uint32Var(
 		&timeoutSeconds, "timeout-seconds", 300, "The number of seconds before the operation is canceled",
 	)
 	triggerUninstallFlagSet.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ func handleTriggerUninstall() {
 func parseOpts(flags *pflag.FlagSet, args []string) *ctrlOpts {
 	opts := &ctrlOpts{}
 
-	flags.UintVar(
+	flags.Uint32Var(
 		&opts.evalBackoffSeconds,
 		"evaluation-backoff",
 		10,
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ func parseOpts(flags *pflag.FlagSet, args []string) *ctrlOpts {
 		"The max number of concurrent policy template decryptions",
 	)
 
-	flags.Uint8Var(
+	flags.Uint16Var(
 		&opts.evaluationConcurrency,
 		"evaluation-concurrency",
 		// Set a low default to not add too much load to the Kubernetes API server in resource constrained deployments.
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ func parseOpts(flags *pflag.FlagSet, args []string) *ctrlOpts {
 			"Will scale with concurrency, if not explicitly set.",
 	)
 
-	flags.UintVar(
+	flags.Uint16Var(
 		&opts.clientBurst,
 		"client-burst",
 		45, // the controller-runtime defaults are 20:30 (qps:burst) - this matches that ratio
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ func parseOpts(flags *pflag.FlagSet, args []string) *ctrlOpts {
 		}
 
 		if !flags.Changed("client-burst") {
-			opts.clientBurst = uint(opts.evaluationConcurrency)*22 + 1
+			opts.clientBurst = opts.evaluationConcurrency*22 + 1
 		}
 	}