diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/consumer_offsets_consistency_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/consumer_offsets_consistency_test.py
index 7bb1e0f366191..a73d99b800f7f 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/consumer_offsets_consistency_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/consumer_offsets_consistency_test.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def fi_worker():
                     )
                     if self.failure_cnt >= 20:
                         break
-                    timeout = 60
+                    timeout = 120
                     if time.time() - self.last_success > timeout:
                         assert False, f"Unable to retrieve group description for {timeout} seconds"
         finally: