diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl/portforward.go b/test/e2e/kubectl/portforward.go
index 2c46c0c0f8a..3ebf3f00279 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl/portforward.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl/portforward.go
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl Port forwarding", func() {
 
 			ginkgo.By("Send a http request to verify port-forward working")
 			client := http.Client{
-				Timeout: 10 * time.Second,
+				Timeout: 15 * time.Second,
 			}
 			resp, err := client.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://127.0.0.1:%d/", cmd.port))
 			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "couldn't get http response from port-forward")