diff --git a/.github/release/clusters/modules/gke/main.tf b/.github/release/clusters/modules/gke/main.tf
index 3b3ccf9b..921f0c55 100644
--- a/.github/release/clusters/modules/gke/main.tf
+++ b/.github/release/clusters/modules/gke/main.tf
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ resource "google_container_cluster" "this" {
   logging_service    = "logging.googleapis.com/kubernetes"
   monitoring_service = "monitoring.googleapis.com/kubernetes"
 
+  timeouts {
+    create = "20m"
+  }
+
   node_pool {
     name               = var.node_pool_name
     initial_node_count = var.node_pool_min