diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift-eng/ocp-qe-perfscale-ci/openshift-eng-ocp-qe-perfscale-ci-main__vsphere-4.19-nightly-x86.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift-eng/ocp-qe-perfscale-ci/openshift-eng-ocp-qe-perfscale-ci-main__vsphere-4.19-nightly-x86.yaml
index f4daaf0fe8a4..521ad2950c8c 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift-eng/ocp-qe-perfscale-ci/openshift-eng-ocp-qe-perfscale-ci-main__vsphere-4.19-nightly-x86.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift-eng/ocp-qe-perfscale-ci/openshift-eng-ocp-qe-perfscale-ci-main__vsphere-4.19-nightly-x86.yaml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ tests:
     - chain: workers-scale
     - chain: openshift-qe-node-density-heavy
     workflow: openshift-qe-installer-vsphere-ipi-ovn
-  timeout: 5h0m0s
+  timeout: 8h0m0s
 zz_generated_metadata:
   branch: main
   org: openshift-eng
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-eng/ocp-qe-perfscale-ci/openshift-eng-ocp-qe-perfscale-ci-main-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-eng/ocp-qe-perfscale-ci/openshift-eng-ocp-qe-perfscale-ci-main-presubmits.yaml
index eb561df4e046..a868dc046e29 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-eng/ocp-qe-perfscale-ci/openshift-eng-ocp-qe-perfscale-ci-main-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-eng/ocp-qe-perfscale-ci/openshift-eng-ocp-qe-perfscale-ci-main-presubmits.yaml
@@ -38613,7 +38613,7 @@ presubmits:
     decorate: true
     decoration_config:
       skip_cloning: true
-      timeout: 5h0m0s
+      timeout: 8h0m0s
     labels:
       ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud: vsphere
       ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud-cluster-profile: vsphere-connected-2