diff --git a/e2e/fink-start.sh b/e2e/fink-start.sh
index 2b29c0ee..f884f319 100755
--- a/e2e/fink-start.sh
+++ b/e2e/fink-start.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ done
 
 # Wait for Spark pods to be created and warm up
 # Debug in case of not expected behaviour
-timeout="300s"
+timeout="3600s"
 if ! finkctl wait tasks --timeout="$timeout"
 then
   for task in $tasks; do