diff --git a/test/images/cloudbuild.yaml b/test/images/cloudbuild.yaml
index e0237a47ff4..29be75e48bc 100644
--- a/test/images/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/test/images/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # this must be specified in seconds. If omitted, defaults to 600s (10 mins)
 # the timeout was increased because some images might take longer to build (e.g.: sample-apiserver, pets/redis-installer)
-timeout: 3000s
+timeout: 5400s
 # this prevents errors if you don't use both _GIT_TAG and _PULL_BASE_REF,
 # or any new substitutions added in the future.
 options: