diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-e2e.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-e2e.yaml
index 27f74e9be3..2a9a34c8d9 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-e2e.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-e2e.yaml
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@
                 export MINION_SIZE='n1-standard-2'
         - 'gke-1.1-1.2-upgrade-cluster-new':
             description: 'Deploys a cluster at v1.1, upgrades the cluster to v1.2, and runs v1.2 tests against it.'
-            timeout: 300
+            timeout: 600
             job-env: |
                 export PROJECT="kube-jks-gke-upg-experimental"
                 export E2E_NAME="gke-1-1-1-2-upg-clu-new"