diff --git a/.github/workflows/zombienet-reusable-preflight.yml b/.github/workflows/zombienet-reusable-preflight.yml
index 114aa99e3c100292d13a274d0d60e4315a481a54..c19c7ae5592d364f785e4357b51788e5c2c0f357 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zombienet-reusable-preflight.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zombienet-reusable-preflight.yml
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ jobs:
   wait_build_images:
     needs: [ci-env]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 90
     outputs:
       BUILD_RUN_ID: ${{ steps.wait_build.outputs.BUILD_RUN_ID }}
     steps: