diff --git a/internal/datastore/postgres/postgres.go b/internal/datastore/postgres/postgres.go
index 81648075fc..1f37789521 100644
--- a/internal/datastore/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/internal/datastore/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func newPostgresDatastore(
 			Msg("postgres configured to use intermediate migration phase")
 	}
 
-	initializationContext, cancelInit := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+	initializationContext, cancelInit := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
 	defer cancelInit()
 
 	readPool, err := pgxpool.NewWithConfig(initializationContext, readPoolConfig)