diff --git a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/playwright_sim4life.py b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/playwright_sim4life.py
index c0bcf0d5b799..53a8de80ad74 100644
--- a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/playwright_sim4life.py
+++ b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/playwright_sim4life.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     r"^(?P<protocol>[^:]+)://(?P<node_id>[^\.]+)\.services\.(?P<hostname>[^\/]+)\/socket\.io\/.+$"
 )
 _EC2_STARTUP_MAX_WAIT_TIME: Final[int] = 1 * MINUTE
-_S4L_MAX_STARTUP_TIME: Final[int] = 1 * MINUTE
+_S4L_MAX_STARTUP_TIME: Final[int] = 2 * MINUTE
 _S4L_DOCKER_PULLING_MAX_TIME: Final[int] = 10 * MINUTE
 _S4L_AUTOSCALED_MAX_STARTUP_TIME: Final[int] = (
     _EC2_STARTUP_MAX_WAIT_TIME + _S4L_DOCKER_PULLING_MAX_TIME + _S4L_MAX_STARTUP_TIME
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/tip/test_ti_plan.py b/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/tip/test_ti_plan.py
index f5854cf73117..2f2166316da6 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/tip/test_ti_plan.py
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/tip/test_ti_plan.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 _OUTER_EXPECT_TIMEOUT_RATIO: Final[float] = 1.1
 _EC2_STARTUP_MAX_WAIT_TIME: Final[int] = 1 * MINUTE
 
-_ELECTRODE_SELECTOR_MAX_STARTUP_TIME: Final[int] = 1 * MINUTE
+_ELECTRODE_SELECTOR_MAX_STARTUP_TIME: Final[int] = 2 * MINUTE
 _ELECTRODE_SELECTOR_DOCKER_PULLING_MAX_TIME: Final[int] = 3 * MINUTE
 _ELECTRODE_SELECTOR_AUTOSCALED_MAX_STARTUP_TIME: Final[int] = (
     _EC2_STARTUP_MAX_WAIT_TIME