diff --git a/pkg/apiclient/apiclient.go b/pkg/apiclient/apiclient.go
index c1af2c6a7bc6d..f3b210061156c 100644
--- a/pkg/apiclient/apiclient.go
+++ b/pkg/apiclient/apiclient.go
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ func (c *client) WatchApplicationWithRetry(ctx context.Context, appName string,
 }
 
 func isCanceledContextErr(err error) bool {
-	if err != nil && errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
+	if err != nil && errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) || errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
 		return true
 	}
 	if stat, ok := status.FromError(err); ok {