diff --git a/ansible/roles/test/tasks/ntp.yml b/ansible/roles/test/tasks/ntp.yml
index c65b4cba007..48429581916 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/test/tasks/ntp.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/test/tasks/ntp.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   shell: ntpstat
   register: ntpstat_result
   until: ntpstat_result.rc == 0
-  retries: 8
-  delay: 10
+  retries: 10
+  delay: 30
 
 - debug: msg="NTP Status {{ ntpstat_result.stdout }}"