diff --git a/openhands/runtime/impl/remote/remote_runtime.py b/openhands/runtime/impl/remote/remote_runtime.py
index 71f803925dff..18d39af1b8ed 100644
--- a/openhands/runtime/impl/remote/remote_runtime.py
+++ b/openhands/runtime/impl/remote/remote_runtime.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def _parse_runtime_response(self, response: requests.Response):
             )
 
     @tenacity.retry(
-        stop=tenacity.stop_after_delay(360) | stop_if_should_exit(),
+        stop=tenacity.stop_after_delay(180) | stop_if_should_exit(),
         reraise=True,
         retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(RuntimeNotReadyError),
         wait=tenacity.wait_fixed(2),