diff --git a/playbooks/roles/jaeger/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/jaeger/tasks/main.yaml
index 3d30469d96..f3255bc84d 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/jaeger/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/jaeger/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 - name: Wait for jaeger to start
   wait_for:
     port: 16686
-    timeout: 120
+    timeout: 300
 
 - name: Run docker prune to cleanup unneeded images
   shell: