diff --git a/cloudbuild.yaml b/cloudbuild.yaml
index 03ad1e492..9b244ae67 100644
--- a/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+timeout: 1500s
 steps:
   - name: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/gcb-docker-gcloud:v20211118-2f2d816b90
     entrypoint: scripts/test-infra/push-image.sh
diff --git a/scripts/test-infra/test-e2e.sh b/scripts/test-infra/test-e2e.sh
index 344023052..f4ef31383 100755
--- a/scripts/test-infra/test-e2e.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-infra/test-e2e.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ i=1
 while true; do
     if make poll-images; then
         break
-    elif [ $i -ge 12 ]; then
+    elif [ $i -ge 27 ]; then
         echo "ERROR: too many tries when polling for image"
         exit 1
     fi