diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table.go b/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table.go
index 3969f515b318..74997b1c3e32 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table.go
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ func deleteAwsDynamoDbTable(tableName string, conn *dynamodb.DynamoDB) error {
 		TableName: aws.String(tableName),
 	}
 
-	return resource.Retry(1*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
+	return resource.Retry(5*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
 		_, err := conn.DeleteTable(input)
 		if err != nil {
 			// Subscriber limit exceeded: Only 10 tables can be created, updated, or deleted simultaneously