diff --git a/.github/scripts/performance-benchmarking/run-benchmarks.sh b/.github/scripts/performance-benchmarking/run-benchmarks.sh
index 0f33d995d5..d0f14f2c15 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/performance-benchmarking/run-benchmarks.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/performance-benchmarking/run-benchmarks.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ source "$TEMPLATE_SCRIPT" "$jobname" "$FROM_SERVER" "$FROM_VERSION" "$TO_SERVER"
 
 KUBECONFIG="$KUBECONFIG" kubectl apply -f job.json
 
-out=$(KUBECONFIG="$KUBECONFIG" kubectl wait job/"$jobname" --for=condition=complete -n performance-benchmarking --timeout=5400s || true)
+out=$(KUBECONFIG="$KUBECONFIG" kubectl wait job/"$jobname" --for=condition=complete -n performance-benchmarking --timeout=7200s || true)
 
 if [ "$out" != "job.batch/$jobname condition met" ]; then
   echo "output of kubectl wait: $out"