diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl.go b/test/e2e/kubectl.go
index 36aa4dc2bd..805abd43b8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const (
 	redisSlaveSelector       = "name=redis-slave"
 	kubectlProxyPort         = 8011
 	guestbookStartupTimeout  = 10 * time.Minute
-	guestbookResponseTimeout = time.Minute
+	guestbookResponseTimeout = 3 * time.Minute
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("kubectl", func() {