diff --git a/manifests/function/phase-helpers/wait_tigera/kubectl_wait_tigera.sh b/manifests/function/phase-helpers/wait_tigera/kubectl_wait_tigera.sh
index da20d6390..b9b42ef63 100644
--- a/manifests/function/phase-helpers/wait_tigera/kubectl_wait_tigera.sh
+++ b/manifests/function/phase-helpers/wait_tigera/kubectl_wait_tigera.sh
@@ -14,23 +14,16 @@
 
 set -xe
 
-echo "Wait for Calico to be deployed using tigera" 1>&2
-kubectl --kubeconfig $KUBECONFIG --context $KCTL_CONTEXT  wait --all-namespaces --for=condition=Ready pods --all --timeout=1000s 1>&2
+export TIMEOUT=${TIMEOUT:-1000}
 
-echo "Wait for Established condition of tigerastatus(CRD) to be true for tigerastatus(CR) to show up" 1>&2
-kubectl --kubeconfig $KUBECONFIG --context $KCTL_CONTEXT wait --for=condition=Established crd/tigerastatuses.operator.tigera.io --timeout=300s 1>&2
+echo "Wait $TIMEOUT seconds for tigera status to be in Available state." 1>&2
+end=$(($(date +%s) + $TIMEOUT))
 
-# Wait till CR(tigerastatus) shows up to query
-count=0
-max_retry_attempts=150
-until [ "$(kubectl --kubeconfig $KUBECONFIG --context $KCTL_CONTEXT get tigerastatus 2>/dev/null)" ]; do
-  count=$((count + 1))
-  if [[ ${count} -eq "${max_retry_attempts}" ]]; then
-    echo 'Timed out waiting for tigerastatus' 1>&2
+until [ "$(kubectl --kubeconfig $KUBECONFIG --context $KCTL_CONTEXT wait --for=condition=Available --all tigerastatus 2>/dev/null)" ]; do
+  now=$(date +%s)
+  if [ $now -gt $end ]; then
+    echo "Tigera status is not ready before TIMEOUT=$TIMEOUT" 1>&2
     exit 1
   fi
-  sleep 2
+  sleep 10
 done
-
-# Wait till condition is available for tigerastatus
-kubectl --kubeconfig $KUBECONFIG --context $KCTL_CONTEXT wait --for=condition=Available tigerastatus --all --timeout=1000s 1>&2
diff --git a/manifests/phases/executors.yaml b/manifests/phases/executors.yaml
index b3fa1aff9..ea708563b 100644
--- a/manifests/phases/executors.yaml
+++ b/manifests/phases/executors.yaml
@@ -23,11 +23,23 @@ config:
   pruneOptions:
     prune: false
 ---
+apiVersion: airshipit.org/v1alpha1
+kind: KubernetesApply
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    airshipit.org/deploy-k8s: "false"
+  name: kubernetes-apply-networking
+config:
+  waitOptions:
+    timeout: 1000
+  pruneOptions:
+    prune: false
+---
 # This is added to support phase with no-wait
 # When there is a wait, then it does status-check and fails
 # if the resource status(condition) is not met.
 # There are cases where the resource do not have status
-# field implemeneted. So a wait will fail with status check
+# field implemented. So a wait will fail with status check
 apiVersion: airshipit.org/v1alpha1
 kind: KubernetesApply
 metadata:
diff --git a/manifests/phases/phases.yaml b/manifests/phases/phases.yaml
index 4a3b2ee9f..707cab59c 100644
--- a/manifests/phases/phases.yaml
+++ b/manifests/phases/phases.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ config:
   executorRef:
     apiVersion: airshipit.org/v1alpha1
     kind: KubernetesApply
-    name: kubernetes-apply-nowait
+    name: kubernetes-apply-networking
   documentEntryPoint: ephemeral/initinfra-networking
 ---
 apiVersion: airshipit.org/v1alpha1
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ config:
   executorRef:
     apiVersion: airshipit.org/v1alpha1
     kind: KubernetesApply
-    name: kubernetes-apply-nowait
+    name: kubernetes-apply-networking
   documentEntryPoint: target/initinfra-networking
 ---
 apiVersion: airshipit.org/v1alpha1