diff --git a/cmd/manager/main.go b/cmd/manager/main.go
index f0dc852f..5234587d 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/manager/main.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func main() {
 			ReadTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
 			// TODO: Revert this to 10 seconds if/when the API
 			// evolves to have significantly smaller responses
-			WriteTimeout: 1 * time.Minute,
+			WriteTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
 		},
 		ShutdownTimeout: &shutdownTimeout,
 	}