diff --git a/clustertool/pkg/helper/time.go b/clustertool/pkg/helper/time.go
index 2fbcde0e1180..17168e9d343c 100644
--- a/clustertool/pkg/helper/time.go
+++ b/clustertool/pkg/helper/time.go
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ import (
 // checkSystemTime compares the system time with an NTP server time and returns whether it's correct within the given threshold
 func CheckSystemTime() bool {
     log.Info().Msg("Checking if System Time is correct...")
-    threshold := 5 * time.Second
-    // Get the current system time
-    systemTime := time.Now()
+    threshold := 10 * time.Second
 
     // Get the time from an NTP server
     ntpTime, err := ntp.Time("pool.ntp.org")
@@ -23,6 +21,9 @@ func CheckSystemTime() bool {
         return true
     }
 
+    // Get the current system time
+    systemTime := time.Now()
+
     // Calculate the difference between system time and NTP time
     timeDifference := systemTime.Sub(ntpTime)