diff --git a/qa/packaging/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/util/Archives.java b/qa/packaging/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/util/Archives.java
index ecc043906bd1a..787069eb2605c 100644
--- a/qa/packaging/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/util/Archives.java
+++ b/qa/packaging/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/util/Archives.java
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ public static Shell.Result startElasticsearchWithTty(
             Locale.ROOT,
             """
                 expect - <<EXPECT
-                set timeout 60
+                set timeout 120
                 spawn -ignore HUP %s
                 %s
                 %s