diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 783a01d12..f3182d2da 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ POST_IMAGE_VERSION=v$(shell date '+%Y%m%d')-$(shell printf %.8s ${PULL_BASE_SHA}
 .PHONY: istio-integration-test
 istio-integration-test: install deploy
 	# Increased TEST_REQUEST_TIMEOUT to 300s to avoid timeouts on newly created k3s clusters
-	cd tests/integration && TEST_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=300s && EXPORT_RESULT=true go test -v -timeout 35m -run TestIstioMain
+	cd tests/integration && TEST_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=300s && EXPORT_RESULT=true go test -v -timeout 50m -run TestIstioMain
 
 .PHONY: grpc-performance-test
 grpc-performance-test: