diff --git a/templates/test/ci/patches/kcp-node-deletion-timeout.yaml b/templates/test/ci/patches/kcp-node-deletion-timeout.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fd8225f5d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/test/ci/patches/kcp-node-deletion-timeout.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: KubeadmControlPlane
+metadata:
+  name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-control-plane
+spec:
+  machineTemplate:
+    nodeDeletionTimeout: 600s
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-scale-in.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-scale-in.yaml
index dd4bd5233e9..766705dc9a2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-scale-in.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-scale-in.yaml
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ spec:
       apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
       kind: AzureMachineTemplate
       name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-control-plane
+    nodeDeletionTimeout: 600s
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   rolloutStrategy:
     rollingUpdate:
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-scale-in/kustomization.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-scale-in/kustomization.yaml
index a3b9c1ce8df..afdca555212 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-scale-in/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-kcp-scale-in/kustomization.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ patches:
 - path: ../../../../../../templates/azure-cluster-identity/azurecluster-identity-ref.yaml
 - path: ../../../../../../templates/test/ci/patches/cluster-label-calico.yaml
 - path: ../../../../../../templates/test/ci/patches/cluster-label-cloud-provider-azure.yaml
+- path: ../../../../../../templates/test/ci/patches/kcp-node-deletion-timeout.yaml
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-upgrades.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-upgrades.yaml
index 5103ca13882..2078ea97f69 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-upgrades.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-upgrades.yaml
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ spec:
       apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
       kind: AzureMachineTemplate
       name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-control-plane
+    nodeDeletionTimeout: 600s
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-upgrades/kustomization.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-upgrades/kustomization.yaml
index 7bb4066f1cb..40c14d79481 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-upgrades/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/v1beta1/cluster-template-upgrades/kustomization.yaml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ resources:
 - ../../../../../../templates/azure-cluster-identity/azure-cluster-identity.yaml
 patches:
 - path: ../../../../../../templates/azure-cluster-identity/azurecluster-identity-ref.yaml
+- path: ../../../../../../templates/test/ci/patches/kcp-node-deletion-timeout.yaml