diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/api_server.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/api_server.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/api_server.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/api_server.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func apiServerHealthz(hostname string, port int) (state.State, error) {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	err = retry.Local(check, 5*time.Second)
+	err = retry.Local(check, 10*time.Second)
 
 	// Don't propagate 'Stopped' upwards as an error message, as clients may interpret the err
 	// as an inability to get status. We need it for retry.Local, however.
try to increase api healthz wait timeout