diff --git a/test_framework/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh b/test_framework/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
index f83f85cd9..fbfb87ca4 100755
--- a/test_framework/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
+++ b/test_framework/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ install_cluster_autoscaler(){
   yq -i 'select(.kind == "Deployment").spec.template.spec.containers[0].env += [{"name": "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "valueFrom": {"secretKeyRef": {"name": "aws-cred-secret", "key": "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"}}}]' "${TF_VAR_tf_workspace}/templates/cluster_autoscaler.yaml"
   yq -i 'select(.kind == "Deployment").spec.template.spec.containers[0].env += [{"name": "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "valueFrom": {"secretKeyRef": {"name": "aws-cred-secret", "key": "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"}}}]' "${TF_VAR_tf_workspace}/templates/cluster_autoscaler.yaml"
   yq -i 'select(.kind == "Deployment").spec.template.spec.containers[0].env += [{"name": "AWS_REGION", "valueFrom": {"secretKeyRef": {"name": "aws-cred-secret", "key": "AWS_DEFAULT_REGION"}}}]' "${TF_VAR_tf_workspace}/templates/cluster_autoscaler.yaml"
-  yq -i 'select(.kind == "Deployment").spec.template.spec.containers[0].command += "--scale-down-unneeded-time=1m"' "${TF_VAR_tf_workspace}/templates/cluster_autoscaler.yaml"
+  yq -i 'select(.kind == "Deployment").spec.template.spec.containers[0].command += "--scale-down-unneeded-time=3m"' "${TF_VAR_tf_workspace}/templates/cluster_autoscaler.yaml"
   yq -i 'select(.kind == "Deployment").spec.template.spec.containers[0].command += "--scale-down-delay-after-add=1m"' "${TF_VAR_tf_workspace}/templates/cluster_autoscaler.yaml"
   kubectl apply -f "${TF_VAR_tf_workspace}/templates/cluster_autoscaler.yaml"
 }