diff --git a/src/testFixtures/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/BaseNeuralSearchIT.java b/src/testFixtures/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/BaseNeuralSearchIT.java
index da8088fb8..225a20cc7 100644
--- a/src/testFixtures/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/BaseNeuralSearchIT.java
+++ b/src/testFixtures/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/BaseNeuralSearchIT.java
@@ -1194,6 +1194,8 @@ protected void waitForClusterHealthGreen(final String numOfNodes) throws IOExcep
         Request waitForGreen = new Request("GET", "/_cluster/health");
         waitForGreen.addParameter("wait_for_nodes", numOfNodes);
         waitForGreen.addParameter("wait_for_status", "green");
+        waitForGreen.addParameter("cluster_manager_timeout", "60s");
+        waitForGreen.addParameter("timeout", "60s");
         client().performRequest(waitForGreen);
     }