diff --git a/pkg/e2e/compose_test.go b/pkg/e2e/compose_test.go
index 0b8175b8a..5e46bf862 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/compose_test.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/compose_test.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func TestAttachRestart(t *testing.T) {
 		return strings.Count(res.Stdout(),
 				"failing-1 exited with code 1") == 3, fmt.Sprintf("'failing-1 exited with code 1' not found 3 times in : \n%s\n",
 				debug)
-	}, 3*time.Minute, 2*time.Second)
+	}, 4*time.Minute, 2*time.Second)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, strings.Count(res.Stdout(), "failing-1  | world"), 3, res.Combined())
 }
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/pause_test.go b/pkg/e2e/pause_test.go
index d70d8cb38..066ebad6f 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/pause_test.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/pause_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestPause(t *testing.T) {
 		"b": urlForService(t, cli, "b", 80),
 	}
 	for _, url := range urls {
-		HTTPGetWithRetry(t, url, http.StatusOK, 50*time.Millisecond, 5*time.Second)
+		HTTPGetWithRetry(t, url, http.StatusOK, 50*time.Millisecond, 20*time.Second)
 	}
 
 	// pause a and verify that it can no longer be hit but b still can