diff --git a/dist/images/kube-ovn-controller-healthcheck.sh b/dist/images/kube-ovn-controller-healthcheck.sh
index dff27be42f0..9bb4220f148 100644
--- a/dist/images/kube-ovn-controller-healthcheck.sh
+++ b/dist/images/kube-ovn-controller-healthcheck.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-OVN_NB_DAEMON=/var/run/ovn/ovn-nbctl.$(cat /var/run/ovn/ovn-nbctl.pid).ctl ovn-nbctl --timeout=15 lr-list > /dev/null
+OVN_NB_DAEMON=/var/run/ovn/ovn-nbctl.$(cat /var/run/ovn/ovn-nbctl.pid).ctl ovn-nbctl --timeout=60 lr-list > /dev/null
 
 nc -z -w3 127.0.0.1 10660
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/config.go b/pkg/controller/config.go
index 7f25bb98c2e..8f17f0086fa 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/config.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/config.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func ParseFlags() (*Configuration, error) {
 	var (
 		argOvnNbAddr      = pflag.String("ovn-nb-addr", "", "ovn-nb address")
 		argOvnSbAddr      = pflag.String("ovn-sb-addr", "", "ovn-sb address")
-		argOvnTimeout     = pflag.Int("ovn-timeout", 30, "")
+		argOvnTimeout     = pflag.Int("ovn-timeout", 60, "")
 		argKubeConfigFile = pflag.String("kubeconfig", "", "Path to kubeconfig file with authorization and master location information. If not set use the inCluster token.")
 
 		argDefaultLogicalSwitch = pflag.String("default-ls", "ovn-default", "The default logical switch name, default: ovn-default")
diff --git a/pkg/ovs/ovn-nbctl.go b/pkg/ovs/ovn-nbctl.go
index f5d9dc1a0f2..b3792aafb95 100644
--- a/pkg/ovs/ovn-nbctl.go
+++ b/pkg/ovs/ovn-nbctl.go
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ func StartOvnNbctlDaemon(ovnNbAddr string) error {
 func CheckAlive() error {
 	output, err := exec.Command(
 		"ovn-nbctl",
-		"--timeout=10",
+		"--timeout=60",
 		"show",
 	).CombinedOutput()