diff --git a/scripts/workloads-delete.sh b/scripts/workloads-delete.sh
index 8024edf0..0eb3833b 100755
--- a/scripts/workloads-delete.sh
+++ b/scripts/workloads-delete.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 ## test that the workload pods can be terminated
-kubectl delete pod -l app=wasm-spin --timeout 10s
-kubectl delete pod -l app=spin-keyvalue --timeout 10s
-kubectl delete pod -l app=spin-outbound-redis --timeout 10s
+kubectl delete pod -l app=wasm-spin --timeout 20s
+kubectl delete pod -l app=spin-keyvalue --timeout 20s
+kubectl delete pod -l app=spin-outbound-redis --timeout 20s