diff --git a/cli/cmd/installRunner.go b/cli/cmd/installRunner.go
index b4912e7ce..2802bc011 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/installRunner.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/installRunner.go
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ func watchApiServerPodReady(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.
 	podWatchHelper := kubernetes.NewPodWatchHelper(kubernetesProvider, podExactRegex)
 	eventChan, errorChan := kubernetes.FilteredWatch(ctx, podWatchHelper, []string{config.Config.MizuResourcesNamespace}, podWatchHelper)
 
-	timeAfter := time.After(1 * time.Minute)
+	apiServerTimeoutSec := config.GetIntEnvConfig(config.ApiServerTimeoutSec, 120)
+	timeAfter := time.After(time.Duration(apiServerTimeoutSec) * time.Second)
 	for {
 		select {
 		case wEvent, ok := <-eventChan:
diff --git a/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go b/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
index 3210acc9a..fec222338 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
@@ -306,7 +306,9 @@ func watchApiServerPod(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provi
 	podWatchHelper := kubernetes.NewPodWatchHelper(kubernetesProvider, podExactRegex)
 	eventChan, errorChan := kubernetes.FilteredWatch(ctx, podWatchHelper, []string{config.Config.MizuResourcesNamespace}, podWatchHelper)
 	isPodReady := false
-	timeAfter := time.After(25 * time.Second)
+
+	apiServerTimeoutSec := config.GetIntEnvConfig(config.ApiServerTimeoutSec, 120)
+	timeAfter := time.After(time.Duration(apiServerTimeoutSec) * time.Second)
 	for {
 		select {
 		case wEvent, ok := <-eventChan:
diff --git a/cli/config/envConfig.go b/cli/config/envConfig.go
index 78f91e00b..acbe5e1ab 100644
--- a/cli/config/envConfig.go
+++ b/cli/config/envConfig.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	ApiServerRetries = "API_SERVER_RETRIES"
+	ApiServerTimeoutSec = "API_SERVER_TIMEOUT_SEC"
 )
 
 func GetIntEnvConfig(key string, defaultValue int) int {