diff --git a/vm_supervisor/vm/firecracker/instance.py b/vm_supervisor/vm/firecracker/instance.py
index be4f886ba..680f1074b 100644
--- a/vm_supervisor/vm/firecracker/instance.py
+++ b/vm_supervisor/vm/firecracker/instance.py
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ async def wait_for_init(self) -> None:
 
         ip = ip.split("/", 1)[0]
 
-        attempts = 10
-        timeout_seconds = 1.0
+        attempts = 30
+        timeout_seconds = 2.0
 
         for attempt in range(attempts):
             try: