diff --git a/lib/shelley/bench/restore-bench.hs b/lib/shelley/bench/restore-bench.hs
index 4b29f4e086b..28fc87594a5 100644
--- a/lib/shelley/bench/restore-bench.hs
+++ b/lib/shelley/bench/restore-bench.hs
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ waitForNodeSync
     => Tracer IO (BenchmarkLog n)
     -> NetworkLayer IO Block
     -> IO SlotNo
-waitForNodeSync tr nw = loop 480 -- allow 120 minutes for first tip
+waitForNodeSync tr nw = loop 960 -- allow 240 minutes for first tip
   where
     loop :: Int -> IO SlotNo
     loop retries = do
diff --git a/test/e2e/Rakefile b/test/e2e/Rakefile
index 78a02817b7a..1d6c21b02c2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/Rakefile
+++ b/test/e2e/Rakefile
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ task :wait_until_node_synced do
   puts "\n  >> Waiting for node to be synced"
 
   network = CardanoWallet.new.misc.network
-  # it seems that occasionally cardano-node needs more time to spin up
-  timeout = 7200
+  # allow 180 mins for connecting to the node in case it needs to replay ledger 
+  timeout = 10800
   current_time = Time.now
   timeout_treshold = current_time + timeout
   puts "Timeout: #{timeout}s"