diff --git a/build-tools/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testclusters/ElasticsearchCluster.java b/build-tools/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testclusters/ElasticsearchCluster.java
index b082d301b8b4c..8694df1db9459 100644
--- a/build-tools/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testclusters/ElasticsearchCluster.java
+++ b/build-tools/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testclusters/ElasticsearchCluster.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 public class ElasticsearchCluster implements TestClusterConfiguration, Named {
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logging.getLogger(ElasticsearchNode.class);
-    private static final int CLUSTER_UP_TIMEOUT = 40;
+    private static final int CLUSTER_UP_TIMEOUT = 120;
     private static final TimeUnit CLUSTER_UP_TIMEOUT_UNIT = TimeUnit.SECONDS;
 
     private final AtomicBoolean configurationFrozen = new AtomicBoolean(false);