diff --git a/krebs/5pkgs/test/infest-cac-centos7/notes b/krebs/5pkgs/test/infest-cac-centos7/notes
index 5fd0cae61..5bb5de2c4 100755
--- a/krebs/5pkgs/test/infest-cac-centos7/notes
+++ b/krebs/5pkgs/test/infest-cac-centos7/notes
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ cac powerop $id reset
 
 wait_login(){
   # timeout
-  for t in `seq 20`;do
+  for t in `seq 90`;do
     # now we have a working cac server
     if ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
            -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null \