diff --git a/eks/fargate/fargate.go b/eks/fargate/fargate.go
index 8020549ab..18b90cc5e 100644
--- a/eks/fargate/fargate.go
+++ b/eks/fargate/fargate.go
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ func (ts *tester) checkPod() error {
 	)
 
 	succeeded := false
-	retryStart, waitDur := time.Now(), 3*time.Minute
+	retryStart, waitDur := time.Now(), 10*time.Minute
 	for time.Now().Sub(retryStart) < waitDur {
 		select {
 		case <-ts.cfg.Stopc:
diff --git a/eks/irsa-fargate/irsa-fargate.go b/eks/irsa-fargate/irsa-fargate.go
index ced81a060..5cd27bdfa 100644
--- a/eks/irsa-fargate/irsa-fargate.go
+++ b/eks/irsa-fargate/irsa-fargate.go
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ func (ts *tester) checkResults() (err error) {
 
 	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("checking results")
 	ready := false
-	waitDur := 7*time.Minute + time.Duration(ts.cfg.EKSConfig.AddOnIRSA.DeploymentReplicas)*3*time.Second
+	waitDur := 10 * time.Minute
 	retryStart := time.Now()
 	for time.Now().Sub(retryStart) < waitDur {
 		select {