diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-inotify.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-inotify.bats
index 8acc3678ef..c2a761d46d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-inotify.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-inotify.bats
@@ -32,10 +32,14 @@ setup() {
         # Update configmap
         kubectl apply -f "${pod_config_dir}"/inotify-updated-configmap.yaml
 
+        # inotify-configmap-pod.yaml is using: "inotifywait --timeout 120", so wait for
+        # up to 180 seconds for the pod termination to be reported.
+        pod_termination_wait_time=180
+
         # Wait for the pod to complete
         command="kubectl describe pod ${pod_name} | grep \"State: \+Terminated\""
-        info "Waiting ${wait_time} seconds for: ${command}"
-        waitForProcess "${wait_time}" "$sleep_time" "${command}"
+        info "Waiting ${pod_termination_wait_time} seconds for: ${command}"
+        waitForProcess "${pod_termination_wait_time}" "$sleep_time" "${command}"
 
         # Verify we saw the update
         result=$(kubectl get pod "$pod_name" --output="jsonpath={.status.containerStatuses[]}")