diff --git a/ci/prow/e2e-hub-spoke-incluster-build b/ci/prow/e2e-hub-spoke-incluster-build
index ec1224ee2..f6ff02557 100755
--- a/ci/prow/e2e-hub-spoke-incluster-build
+++ b/ci/prow/e2e-hub-spoke-incluster-build
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-set -euxo pipefail
-
 readonly SKIP_MAKE_DEPLOY="${SKIP_MAKE_DEPLOY:-false}"
 readonly SKIP_MAKE_DEPLOY_HUB="${SKIP_MAKE_DEPLOY_HUB:-false}"
 readonly SKIP_ACM_INSTALLATION="${SKIP_ACM_INSTALLATION:-false}"
@@ -51,7 +47,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Apply resources
-oc apply -k ci/e2e-hub
+timeout 1m bash -c 'until oc apply -k ci/e2e-hub; do sleep 3; done'
 
 # Wait for the build build to be created and completed
 timeout 1m bash -c 'until oc -n ${HUB_OPERATOR_NAMESPACE} get builds -o json | jq -er ".items[].metadata.name | select(.? | match(\"build\"))"; do sleep 1; done'
diff --git a/ci/prow/e2e-incluster-build b/ci/prow/e2e-incluster-build
index 995054cb3..01bdd6213 100755
--- a/ci/prow/e2e-incluster-build
+++ b/ci/prow/e2e-incluster-build
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ oc wait --for=condition=Available deployment/kmm-operator-controller deployment/
 
 echo "Add resources"
 oc apply -k ci/e2e
+timeout 1m bash -c 'until oc apply -k ci/e2e; do sleep 3; done'
 
 # Wait for the build pod to be created. `kubectl wait` doesn't support such option,
 # see https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/83242.