diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index edcee08a9..8e2d6ebc6 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stream {
         server {
             listen        {{ kube_apiserver_port }};
             proxy_pass    kube_apiserver;
-            proxy_timeout 3s;
+            proxy_timeout 10m;
             proxy_connect_timeout 1s;
 
         }