diff --git a/ocs_ci/helpers/sanity_helpers.py b/ocs_ci/helpers/sanity_helpers.py
index 3e81032be53..e00ee2b17c9 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/helpers/sanity_helpers.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/helpers/sanity_helpers.py
@@ -65,7 +65,13 @@ def health_check(self, cluster_check=True, tries=20):
                 self.ceph_cluster.cluster_health_check(timeout=120)
 
     def create_resources(
-        self, pvc_factory, pod_factory, bucket_factory, rgw_bucket_factory, run_io=True
+        self,
+        pvc_factory,
+        pod_factory,
+        bucket_factory,
+        rgw_bucket_factory,
+        run_io=True,
+        bucket_creation_timeout=180,
     ):
         """
         Sanity validation: Create resources - pods, OBCs (RGW and MCG), PVCs (FS and RBD) and run IO
@@ -76,6 +82,7 @@ def create_resources(
             bucket_factory (function): A call to bucket_factory function
             rgw_bucket_factory (function): A call to rgw_bucket_factory function
             run_io (bool): True for run IO, False otherwise
+            bucket_creation_timeout (int): Time to wait for the bucket object creation.
 
         """
         logger.info(
@@ -96,7 +103,11 @@ def create_resources(
             self.obc_objs.extend(rgw_bucket_factory(1, "rgw-oc"))
 
         if bucket_factory:
-            self.obc_objs.extend(bucket_factory(amount=1, interface="OC"))
+            self.obc_objs.extend(
+                bucket_factory(
+                    amount=1, interface="OC", timeout=bucket_creation_timeout
+                )
+            )
 
             self.ceph_cluster.wait_for_noobaa_health_ok()
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/z_cluster/cluster_expansion/test_add_capacity_entry_exit_criteria.py b/tests/functional/z_cluster/cluster_expansion/test_add_capacity_entry_exit_criteria.py
index 522051a69fe..fb0c8470f75 100644
--- a/tests/functional/z_cluster/cluster_expansion/test_add_capacity_entry_exit_criteria.py
+++ b/tests/functional/z_cluster/cluster_expansion/test_add_capacity_entry_exit_criteria.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ def finalizer():
             kr_obj = OSDKeyrotation()
             kr_obj.set_keyrotation_schedule("@weekly")
             kr_obj.enable_keyrotation()
+            cluster_helpers.check_ceph_health_after_add_capacity()
 
         request.addfinalizer(finalizer)
 
@@ -98,19 +99,21 @@ def test_add_capacity(
 
         # All OCS pods are in running state:
         # ToDo https://github.com/red-hat-storage/ocs-ci/issues/2361
-        assert (
-            pod_helpers.check_pods_in_running_state()
+        expected_statuses = [constants.STATUS_RUNNING, constants.STATUS_COMPLETED]
+        assert pod_helpers.check_pods_in_statuses(
+            expected_statuses=expected_statuses,
+            exclude_pod_name_prefixes=["demo-pod"],
         ), "Entry criteria FAILED: one or more OCS pods are not in running state"
         # Create the namespace under which this test will execute:
         project = project_factory()
 
         # total pvc created will be 'num_of_pvcs' * 4 types of pvcs(rbd-rwo,rwx
         # & cephfs-rwo,rwx)
-        num_of_pvcs = 40
+        num_of_pvcs = 20
 
         rwo_rbd_pods = multi_dc_pod(
             num_of_pvcs=num_of_pvcs,
-            pvc_size=175,
+            pvc_size=150,
             project=project,
             access_mode="RWO",
             pool_type="rbd",
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ def test_add_capacity(
         # Create rwx-rbd pods
         pods_ios_rwx_rbd = multi_dc_pod(
             num_of_pvcs=10,
-            pvc_size=175,
+            pvc_size=150,
             project=project,
             access_mode="RWX-BLK",
             pool_type="rbd",
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ def test_add_capacity(
                         bg_wrap.wrap,
                         cluster_exp_helpers.cluster_copy_ops,
                         p,
-                        iterations=200,
+                        iterations=120,
                     )
                 )
 
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ def test_add_capacity(
             multi_pvc_factory,
             pod_factory,
             project,
-            iterations=200,
+            iterations=120,
         )
 
         # Start NooBaa IOs in the background.:
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ def test_add_capacity(
             mcg_obj,
             awscli_pod,
             bucket_factory,
-            iterations=200,
+            iterations=120,
         )
 
         logger.info("Started obc_io_create_delete...")
@@ -194,7 +197,7 @@ def test_add_capacity(
             mcg_obj,
             awscli_pod,
             bucket_factory,
-            iterations=200,
+            iterations=120,
         )
 
         # All ocs nodes are in Ready state (including master):
@@ -341,7 +344,11 @@ def test_add_capacity(
         ]:
             # Change the method of creating resources when we use vSphere and IBM Cloud platforms
             self.sanity_helpers.create_resources(
-                pvc_factory, pod_factory, bucket_factory, rgw_bucket_factory
+                pvc_factory,
+                pod_factory,
+                bucket_factory,
+                rgw_bucket_factory,
+                bucket_creation_timeout=360,
             )
         else:
             num_of_pvcs = 1