diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e-upgrade-channel.test.ts b/test/e2e/e2e-upgrade-channel.test.ts
index e364e1f5d..0aae0a9cb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e-upgrade-channel.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e-upgrade-channel.test.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ describe('Upgrade channel test', () => {
         `--chenamespace=${EclipseChe.NAMESPACE}`,
         '--che-operator-cr-patch-yaml=test/e2e/resources/minikube-checluster-patch.yaml',
         '--telemetry=off',
-        '--k8spodwaittimeout=120000',
-        '--k8spodreadytimeout=120000',
+        '--k8spodwaittimeout=240000',
+        '--k8spodreadytimeout=240000',
       ])
 
       await helper.waitForCheServerImageTag(helper.getNewVersion(), TIMEOUT_MS)
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e-upgrade-version.test.ts b/test/e2e/e2e-upgrade-version.test.ts
index ce903399c..5bb946e0f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e-upgrade-version.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e-upgrade-version.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('Test Che upgrade', () => {
     it(`Deploy Che using operator installer and self signed certificates`, async () => {
       // uses installed chectl (from a stable channel)
       // see github workflow
-      let deployCommand = `chectl server:deploy --batch --platform=${PLATFORM} --chenamespace=${NAMESPACE} --telemetry=off --k8spodwaittimeout=120000 --k8spodreadytimeout=120000`
+      let deployCommand = `chectl server:deploy --batch --platform=${PLATFORM} --chenamespace=${NAMESPACE} --telemetry=off --k8spodwaittimeout=240000 --k8spodreadytimeout=240000`
       if (PLATFORM === 'minikube') {
         deployCommand += ' --che-operator-cr-patch-yaml=test/e2e/resources/minikube-checluster-patch.yaml'
       }
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e.test.ts b/test/e2e/e2e.test.ts
index a6deeb25d..6fa0e38cf 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e.test.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const binChectl = E2eHelper.getChectlBinaries()
 const PLATFORM = process.env.PLATFORM || ''
 
 function getDeployCommand(): string {
-  let command = `${binChectl} server:deploy --batch --platform=${PLATFORM} --chenamespace=${EclipseChe.NAMESPACE} --telemetry=off --k8spodwaittimeout=120000 --k8spodreadytimeout=120000`
+  let command = `${binChectl} server:deploy --batch --platform=${PLATFORM} --chenamespace=${EclipseChe.NAMESPACE} --telemetry=off --k8spodwaittimeout=240000 --k8spodreadytimeout=240000`
   if (PLATFORM === 'minikube') {
     command += ' --che-operator-cr-patch-yaml=test/e2e/resources/minikube-checluster-patch.yaml'
   }