diff --git a/pkg/kube/wait.go b/pkg/kube/wait.go
index ecdd38940..0849c3c18 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/wait.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/wait.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (w *waiter) waitForResources(created ResourceList) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), w.timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	return wait.PollUntilContextCancel(ctx, 2*time.Second, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	return wait.PollUntilContextCancel(ctx, 8*time.Second, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 		for _, v := range created {
 			ready, err := w.c.IsReady(ctx, v)
 			if !ready || err != nil {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (w *waiter) waitForDeletedResources(deleted ResourceList) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), w.timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	return wait.PollUntilContextCancel(ctx, 2*time.Second, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	return wait.PollUntilContextCancel(ctx, 8*time.Second, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 		for _, v := range deleted {
 			err := v.Get()
 			if err == nil || !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {