diff --git a/tasks/transient_cloud.yml b/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
index 89ebc9b400..074a57778b 100644
--- a/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
+++ b/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
   local_action: mail to=sysadmin-main-members@fedoraproject.org from=ansible-create@fedoraproject.org subject=${inst_res.instances[0].public_ip} msg="cloud instance created on ${inst_res.instances[0].public_ip}\n instance id - ${inst_res.instances[0].id} "
 
 - name: wait for the host to be hot
-  local_action: wait_for host=${inst_res.instances[0].public_ip} port=22 delay=5 timeout=300
+  local_action: wait_for host=${inst_res.instances[0].public_ip} port=22 delay=2 timeout=300