diff --git a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/utils/utils.bash b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/utils/utils.bash
index dc5238d03f4..c43408b3d24 100644
--- a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/utils/utils.bash
+++ b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/utils/utils.bash
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ wait_for_elasticsearch_status() {
     local index=$2
 
     echo "Making sure elasticsearch is up..."
-    wget -O - --retry-connrefused --waitretry=1 --timeout=60 --tries 60 http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health || {
+    wget -O - --retry-connrefused --waitretry=1 --timeout=120 --tries 120 http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health || {
           echo "Looks like elasticsearch never started. Here is its log:"
           if [ -e "$ESLOG/elasticsearch.log" ]; then
               cat "$ESLOG/elasticsearch.log"