diff --git a/cloudbuild/internal.pkr.hcl b/cloudbuild/internal.pkr.hcl
index 70b2edb3..a35028eb 100644
--- a/cloudbuild/internal.pkr.hcl
+++ b/cloudbuild/internal.pkr.hcl
@@ -90,11 +90,14 @@ build {
       "echo Pulling containers...",
       "gcloud auth configure-docker us-west1-docker.pkg.dev -q",      # configure sudoless docker
       "sudo gcloud auth configure-docker us-west1-docker.pkg.dev -q", # configure docker with sudo
-      "sudo docker pull us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/gep-kne/arista/ceos:ga",
-      "sudo docker pull us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/gep-kne/cisco/xrd:ga",
-      "sudo docker pull us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/gep-kne/cisco/8000e:ga",
-      "sudo docker pull us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/gep-kne/juniper/ncptx:ga",
-      "sudo docker pull us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/gep-kne/nokia/srlinux:ga",
+      "sudo docker pull us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/gep-kne/arista/ceos:ga &",
+      "sudo docker pull us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/gep-kne/cisco/xrd:ga &",
+      "sudo docker pull us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/gep-kne/cisco/8000e:ga &",
+      "sudo docker pull us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/gep-kne/juniper/ncptx:ga &",
+      "sudo docker pull us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/gep-kne/nokia/srlinux:ga &",
+      "echo 'Waiting for all docker pulls to complete...'",
+      "wait",
+      "echo 'All docker images pulled successfully.'",
     ]
   }
 
diff --git a/cloudbuild/postsubmit.yaml b/cloudbuild/postsubmit.yaml
index 24c856b7..956bc85f 100644
--- a/cloudbuild/postsubmit.yaml
+++ b/cloudbuild/postsubmit.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ steps:
     ]
     waitFor: [packer_init_internal]
 
-timeout: 3600s
+timeout: 5400s
 
 substitutions:
   _ZONE: us-central1-b # default value