diff --git a/test/e2e/network/service.go b/test/e2e/network/service.go
index afe86d7005f..475e78d09f5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/service.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/service.go
@@ -2754,7 +2754,7 @@ var _ = common.SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		healthCheckNodePortAddr := net.JoinHostPort(nodeIPs[0], strconv.Itoa(int(svc.Spec.HealthCheckNodePort)))
 		// validate that the health check node port from kube-proxy returns 200 when there are ready endpoints
 		err = wait.PollImmediate(time.Second, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
-			cmd := fmt.Sprintf(`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%%{http_code}" --connect-timeout 5 http://%s/healthz`, healthCheckNodePortAddr)
+			cmd := fmt.Sprintf(`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%%{http_code}" --max-time 5 http://%s/healthz`, healthCheckNodePortAddr)
 			out, err := e2eoutput.RunHostCmd(pausePod0.Namespace, pausePod0.Name, cmd)
 			if err != nil {
 				framework.Logf("unexpected error trying to connect to nodeport %d : %v", healthCheckNodePortAddr, err)
@@ -2777,7 +2777,7 @@ var _ = common.SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 
 		// validate that the health check node port from kube-proxy returns 503 when there are no ready endpoints
 		err = wait.PollImmediate(time.Second, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
-			cmd := fmt.Sprintf(`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%%{http_code}" --connect-timeout 5 http://%s/healthz`, healthCheckNodePortAddr)
+			cmd := fmt.Sprintf(`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%%{http_code}" --max-time 5 http://%s/healthz`, healthCheckNodePortAddr)
 			out, err := e2eoutput.RunHostCmd(pausePod0.Namespace, pausePod0.Name, cmd)
 			if err != nil {
 				framework.Logf("unexpected error trying to connect to nodeport %d : %v", healthCheckNodePortAddr, err)
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/util.go b/test/e2e/network/util.go
index 489897a6eff..11c1bbe028f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/util.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func execHostnameTest(sourcePod v1.Pod, targetAddr, targetHostname string) {
 	)
 
 	framework.Logf("Waiting up to %v to get response from %s", timeout, targetAddr)
-	cmd := fmt.Sprintf(`curl -q -s --connect-timeout 30 %s/hostname`, targetAddr)
+	cmd := fmt.Sprintf(`curl -q -s --max-time 30 %s/hostname`, targetAddr)
 	for start := time.Now(); time.Since(start) < timeout; time.Sleep(2 * time.Second) {
 		stdout, err = e2eoutput.RunHostCmd(sourcePod.Namespace, sourcePod.Name, cmd)
 		if err != nil {