diff --git a/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_pod.go b/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_pod.go
index e08fc0c574..80403a1454 100644
--- a/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_pod.go
+++ b/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_pod.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func resourceKubernetesPodDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = resource.Retry(1*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
+	err = resource.Retry(5*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
 		out, err := conn.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Get(name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
 			if statusErr, ok := err.(*errors.StatusError); ok && statusErr.ErrStatus.Code == 404 {