diff --git a/pkg/envtest/server.go b/pkg/envtest/server.go
index cb1f913cab..72df1dfcb5 100644
--- a/pkg/envtest/server.go
+++ b/pkg/envtest/server.go
@@ -334,12 +334,13 @@ func (te *Environment) startControlPlane() error {
 }
 
 func (te *Environment) waitForDefaultNamespace(config *rest.Config) error {
+	fmt.Println("waiting...")
 	cs, err := client.New(config, client.Options{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create client: %w", err)
 	}
 	// It shouldn't take longer than 5s for the default namespace to be brought up in etcd
-	return wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.TODO(), time.Millisecond*500, time.Second*5, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	return wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.TODO(), time.Millisecond*50, time.Second*5, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 		if err = cs.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: "default"}, &corev1.Namespace{}); err != nil {
 			return false, nil //nolint:nilerr
 		}