diff --git a/flux2/infrastructure/nginx/release.yaml b/flux2/infrastructure/nginx/release.yaml
index 06d270b3c5b964e3db4aa760c2e21a3f4dc9e5d2..649c73704cfdbec03cf6f51a651f126a6d71fc56 100644
--- a/flux2/infrastructure/nginx/release.yaml
+++ b/flux2/infrastructure/nginx/release.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ spec:
         namespace: flux-system
       version: "3.31.0"
   interval: 1h0m0s
+  retryInterval: 10m
   install:
     remediation:
       retries: 3
+    timeout: 9m
   values:
     controller:
       image: