diff --git a/projects/60_nova/resources.sh b/projects/60_nova/resources.sh
index 31924dc6..5c94c843 100755
--- a/projects/60_nova/resources.sh
+++ b/projects/60_nova/resources.sh
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function create {
     resource_save nova nova_server_uuid $uuid
 
     # ping check on the way up to ensure we're really running
-    ping_check_public $ip 30
+    ping_check_public $ip 60
 
     # Save some inventory and allocation values (requires admin)
     source_quiet $TOP_DIR/openrc admin admin
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ function verify {
 
 function verify_noapi {
     local server_ip=$(resource_get nova nova_server_ip)
-    ping_check_public $server_ip 30
+    ping_check_public $server_ip 60
 }
 
 function destroy {
diff --git a/projects/70_cinder/resources.sh b/projects/70_cinder/resources.sh
index a5659874..c72a70b6 100755
--- a/projects/70_cinder/resources.sh
+++ b/projects/70_cinder/resources.sh
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ function create {
     _wait_for_volume_update $CINDER_VOL3 "status" "in-use"
 
     # ping check on the way up so we can add ssh content
-    ping_check_public $ip 30
+    ping_check_public $ip 60
 
     # turn of errexit for this portion of the retry
     set +o errexit
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ function verify {
 
 function verify_noapi {
     local server_ip=$(resource_get cinder cinder_server_ip)
-    ping_check_public $server_ip 30
+    ping_check_public $server_ip 60
     # this sync is here to ensure that we don't accidentally pass when
     # the volume is actually down.
     timeout 30 $FSSH -i $CINDER_KEY_FILE cirros@$server_ip \