diff --git a/roles/confluent.kafka_broker/defaults/main.yml b/roles/confluent.kafka_broker/defaults/main.yml
index a47f5c5a3..94c2510c7 100644
--- a/roles/confluent.kafka_broker/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/confluent.kafka_broker/defaults/main.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ kafka_broker:
     socket.send.buffer.bytes: 102400
     transaction.state.log.min.isr: 2
     transaction.state.log.replication.factor: "{{ [ groups['kafka_broker'] | length, kafka_broker_default_replication_factor ] | min }}"
-    zookeeper.connection.timeout.ms: 6000
+    zookeeper.connection.timeout.ms: 18000
     confluent.license.topic.replication.factor: "{{ [ groups['kafka_broker'] | length, kafka_broker_default_replication_factor ] | min }}"
     confluent.metadata.topic.replication.factor: "{{ [ groups['kafka_broker'] | length, kafka_broker_default_replication_factor ] | min }}"
     metric.reporters: io.confluent.metrics.reporter.ConfluentMetricsReporter