diff --git a/elasticsearch/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-mustache/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher_mustache/10_webhook.yaml b/elasticsearch/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-mustache/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher_mustache/10_webhook.yaml
index b770ed31968..1a7ade5b783 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-mustache/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher_mustache/10_webhook.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-mustache/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher_mustache/10_webhook.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       catch: request_timeout
       cluster.health:
         wait_for_nodes: 99
-        timeout: 10s
+        timeout: 5s
   - match: { "timed_out": true }
 
   - do:
diff --git a/elasticsearch/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-mustache/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher_mustache/20_array_access.yaml b/elasticsearch/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-mustache/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher_mustache/20_array_access.yaml
index 153d0334d42..bd051ab6d87 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-mustache/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher_mustache/20_array_access.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-mustache/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/watcher_mustache/20_array_access.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       catch: request_timeout
       cluster.health:
         wait_for_nodes: 99
-        timeout: 10s
+        timeout: 5s
   - match: { "timed_out": true }
 
   - do: