diff --git a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/ec2/win/winrm/WinRMClient.java b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/ec2/win/winrm/WinRMClient.java
index ec49bdc8f..cc6ac7e2e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/ec2/win/winrm/WinRMClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/ec2/win/winrm/WinRMClient.java
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ private Document sendRequest(Document request, int retry) {
                         // throw away our auth cache
                         log.log(Level.WARNING, "winrm returned 401 - shouldn't happen though - retrying in 2 minutes");
                         try {
-                            Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.MINUTES.toMillis(3));
+                            Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.MINUTES.toMillis(2));
                         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                             Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
                         }