diff --git a/src/env_vars.py b/src/env_vars.py
index 0ae8d241..6a8ca7e4 100644
--- a/src/env_vars.py
+++ b/src/env_vars.py
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ DEFAULT_PUBSUB_TOPIC = get_env_var("DEFAULT_PUBSUB_TOPIC", "/waku/2/default-waku
 PROTOCOL = get_env_var("PROTOCOL", "REST")
 RUNNING_IN_CI = get_env_var("CI")
 NODEKEY = get_env_var("NODEKEY", "30348dd51465150e04a5d9d932c72864c8967f806cce60b5d26afeca1e77eb68")
-API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = get_env_var("API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT", 30)
+API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = get_env_var("API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT", 60)
diff --git a/src/steps/filter.py b/src/steps/filter.py
index d1eb268f..7f8fcb4f 100644
--- a/src/steps/filter.py
+++ b/src/steps/filter.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class StepsFilter:
         assert filter_sub_response["requestId"] == request_id
         assert filter_sub_response["statusDesc"] in ["OK", ""]  # until https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2286 is fixed
 
-    @retry(stop=stop_after_delay(30), wait=wait_fixed(1), reraise=True)
+    @retry(stop=stop_after_delay(70), wait=wait_fixed(1), reraise=True)
     @allure.step
     def subscribe_optional_filter_nodes(self, content_topic_list, pubsub_topic=None):
         if pubsub_topic is None: