diff --git a/test/bats/e2e-provider.bats b/test/bats/e2e-provider.bats
index ccccbacff..5e21909ed 100644
--- a/test/bats/e2e-provider.bats
+++ b/test/bats/e2e-provider.bats
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ export VALIDATE_TOKENS_AUDIENCE=$(get_token_requests_audience)
 
   envsubst < $BATS_TESTS_DIR/deployment-synck8s-e2e-provider.yaml | kubectl apply -n test-ns -f -
 
-  kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=180s pod -l app=busybox -n test-ns
+  kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=60s pod -l app=busybox -n test-ns
 }
 
 @test "Test Namespaced scope SecretProviderClass - Sync with K8s secrets - read secret from pod, read K8s secret, read env var, check secret ownerReferences" {
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ export VALIDATE_TOKENS_AUDIENCE=$(get_token_requests_audience)
 @test "deploy pod with multiple secret provider class" {
   envsubst < $BATS_TESTS_DIR/pod-e2e-provider-inline-volume-multiple-spc.yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 
-  kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=180s pod/secrets-store-inline-multiple-crd
+  kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=60s pod/secrets-store-inline-multiple-crd
 
   run kubectl get pod/secrets-store-inline-multiple-crd
   assert_success
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ export VALIDATE_TOKENS_AUDIENCE=$(get_token_requests_audience)
   envsubst < $BATS_TESTS_DIR/rotation/e2e_provider_synck8s_v1_secretproviderclass.yaml | kubectl apply -n rotation -f -
   envsubst < $BATS_TESTS_DIR/rotation/pod-synck8s-e2e-provider.yaml | kubectl apply -n rotation -f -
 
-  kubectl wait -n rotation --for=condition=Ready --timeout=180s pod/secrets-store-inline-rotation
+  kubectl wait -n rotation --for=condition=Ready --timeout=60s pod/secrets-store-inline-rotation
 
   run kubectl get pod/secrets-store-inline-rotation -n rotation
   assert_success
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ export VALIDATE_TOKENS_AUDIENCE=$(get_token_requests_audience)
   # enable rotation response in mock server
   local curl_pod_name=curl-$(openssl rand -hex 5)
   kubectl run ${curl_pod_name} -n rotation --image=curlimages/curl:7.75.0 --labels="test=rotation" -- tail -f /dev/null
-  kubectl wait -n rotation --for=condition=Ready --timeout=180s pod ${curl_pod_name}
+  kubectl wait -n rotation --for=condition=Ready --timeout=60s pod ${curl_pod_name}
   local pod_ip=$(kubectl get pod -n kube-system -l app=csi-secrets-store-e2e-provider -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.podIP}")
   run kubectl exec ${curl_pod_name} -n rotation -- curl http://${pod_ip}:8080/rotation?rotated=true
 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ export VALIDATE_TOKENS_AUDIENCE=$(get_token_requests_audience)
   kubectl create ns metrics
   local curl_pod_name=curl-$(openssl rand -hex 5)
   kubectl run ${curl_pod_name} -n metrics --image=curlimages/curl:7.75.0 --labels="test=metrics" -- tail -f /dev/null
-  kubectl wait -n metrics --for=condition=Ready --timeout=120s pod ${curl_pod_name}
+  kubectl wait -n metrics --for=condition=Ready --timeout=60s pod ${curl_pod_name}
   for pod_ip in $(kubectl get pod -n kube-system -l app=secrets-store-csi-driver -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.podIP}")
   do
     run kubectl exec ${curl_pod_name} -n metrics -- curl http://${pod_ip}:8095/metrics
diff --git a/test/bats/vault.bats b/test/bats/vault.bats
index e8fdb5027..79d082ac5 100644
--- a/test/bats/vault.bats
+++ b/test/bats/vault.bats
@@ -88,12 +88,11 @@ EOF
 
   # deploy pod
   kubectl apply -f $BATS_TESTS_DIR/pod-vault-rotation.yaml
-  kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=180s pod/secrets-store-rotation
+  kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=60s pod/secrets-store-rotation
 
   run kubectl get pod/secrets-store-rotation
   assert_success
 
-  sleep 120
   # verify starting value
   result=$(kubectl exec secrets-store-rotation -- cat /mnt/secrets-store/foo)
   [[ "$result" == "start" ]]
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ EOF
 
   kubectl apply -n test-ns -f $BATS_TESTS_DIR/deployment-synck8s.yaml
 
-  kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=180s pod -l app=busybox -n test-ns
+  kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=90s pod -l app=busybox -n test-ns
 }
 
 @test "Test Namespaced scope SecretProviderClass - Sync with K8s secrets - read secret from pod, read K8s secret, read env var, check secret ownerReferences" {
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ EOF
 
 @test "deploy pod with multiple secret provider class" {
   kubectl apply -f $BATS_TESTS_DIR/pod-vault-inline-volume-multiple-spc.yaml
-  kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=180s pod/secrets-store-inline-multiple-crd
+  kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=90s pod/secrets-store-inline-multiple-crd
 
   run kubectl get pod/secrets-store-inline-multiple-crd
   assert_success