diff --git a/pkg/monitor/backenddisruption/disruption_backend_sampler.go b/pkg/monitor/backenddisruption/disruption_backend_sampler.go
index a8200b040ec1..f66279a40af9 100644
--- a/pkg/monitor/backenddisruption/disruption_backend_sampler.go
+++ b/pkg/monitor/backenddisruption/disruption_backend_sampler.go
@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ func (b *BackendSampler) WithSamplerHooks(samplerHooks []SamplerHook) *BackendSa
 	return b
 }
 
+// WithTimeout sets a custom timeout for HTTP requests including DNS resolution and connection establishment
+func (b *BackendSampler) WithTimeout(timeout time.Duration) *BackendSampler {
+	b.timeout = &timeout
+	return b
+}
+
 // bodyMatches checks the body content and returns an error if it doesn't match the expected.
 func (b *BackendSampler) bodyMatches(body []byte) error {
 	switch {
diff --git a/pkg/monitortests/network/disruptionserviceloadbalancer/monitortest.go b/pkg/monitortests/network/disruptionserviceloadbalancer/monitortest.go
index c6cad8e760c5..9931ed963e6c 100644
--- a/pkg/monitortests/network/disruptionserviceloadbalancer/monitortest.go
+++ b/pkg/monitortests/network/disruptionserviceloadbalancer/monitortest.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (w *availability) PrepareCollection(ctx context.Context, adminRESTConfig *r
 
 	// Hit it once before considering ourselves ready
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "hitting pods through the service's LoadBalancer\n")
-	timeout := 10 * time.Minute
+	timeout := 20 * time.Minute
 	// require thirty seconds of passing requests to continue (in case the SLB becomes available and then degrades)
 	// TODO this seems weird to @deads2k, why is status not trustworthy
 	baseURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s", net.JoinHostPort(tcpIngressIP, strconv.Itoa(svcPort)))
@@ -266,18 +266,24 @@ func (w *availability) PrepareCollection(ctx context.Context, adminRESTConfig *r
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not reach %v reliably: %w", url, err)
 	}
 
+	// Use longer timeout to accommodate slow DNS resolution. AWS ELB DNS zones may have SOA TTL of 900s,
+	// which means DNS propagation can take up to 15 minutes. Set timeout high enough to allow
+	// DNS retries during this propagation period.
+	connectionTimeout := 120 * time.Second
 	newConnectionDisruptionSampler := backenddisruption.NewSimpleBackendFromOpenshiftTests(
 		baseURL,
 		"service-load-balancer-with-pdb-new-connections",
 		path,
 		monitorapi.NewConnectionType).
-		WithExpectedBody("hello")
+		WithExpectedBody("hello").
+		WithTimeout(connectionTimeout)
 	reusedConnectionDisruptionSampler := backenddisruption.NewSimpleBackendFromOpenshiftTests(
 		baseURL,
 		"service-load-balancer-with-pdb-reused-connections",
 		path,
 		monitorapi.ReusedConnectionType).
-		WithExpectedBody("hello")
+		WithExpectedBody("hello").
+		WithTimeout(connectionTimeout)
 
 	w.disruptionChecker = disruptionlibrary.NewAvailabilityInvariant(
 		newConnectionTestName, reusedConnectionTestName,