diff --git a/qa/tribe-tests-with-security/build.gradle b/qa/tribe-tests-with-security/build.gradle
index 18889359e0f..c3ffda592ee 100644
--- a/qa/tribe-tests-with-security/build.gradle
+++ b/qa/tribe-tests-with-security/build.gradle
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ configOne.setupCommand('setupDummyUser',
         'bin/x-pack/users', 'useradd', 'test_user', '-p', 'x-pack-test-password', '-r', 'superuser')
 configOne.waitCondition = { node, ant ->
     File tmpFile = new File(node.cwd, 'wait.success')
-    ant.get(src: "http://${node.httpUri()}/_cluster/health?wait_for_nodes=>=1&wait_for_status=yellow",
+    ant.get(src: "http://${node.httpUri()}/_cluster/health?wait_for_nodes=>=1&wait_for_status=yellow&timeout=60s",
             dest: tmpFile.toString(),
             username: 'test_user',
             password: 'x-pack-test-password',
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ configTwo.setupCommand('setupDummyUser',
         'bin/x-pack/users', 'useradd', 'test_user', '-p', 'x-pack-test-password', '-r', 'superuser')
 configTwo.waitCondition = { node, ant ->
     File tmpFile = new File(node.cwd, 'wait.success')
-    ant.get(src: "http://${node.httpUri()}/_cluster/health?wait_for_nodes=>=1&wait_for_status=yellow",
+    ant.get(src: "http://${node.httpUri()}/_cluster/health?wait_for_nodes=>=1&wait_for_status=yellow&timeout=60s",
             dest: tmpFile.toString(),
             username: 'test_user',
             password: 'x-pack-test-password',
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ integTestCluster {
     waitCondition = { node, ant ->
         File tmpFile = new File(node.cwd, 'wait.success')
         // 5 nodes: tribe + clusterOne (1 node + tribe internal node) + clusterTwo (1 node + tribe internal node)
-        ant.get(src: "http://${node.httpUri()}/_cluster/health?wait_for_nodes=>=5&wait_for_status=yellow",
+        ant.get(src: "http://${node.httpUri()}/_cluster/health?wait_for_nodes=>=5&wait_for_status=yellow&timeout=60s",
                 dest: tmpFile.toString(),
                 username: 'test_user',
                 password: 'x-pack-test-password',