diff --git a/cmd/controller/app/controller.go b/cmd/controller/app/controller.go
index 71c3d7b0b..5475cf2e7 100644
--- a/cmd/controller/app/controller.go
+++ b/cmd/controller/app/controller.go
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ func buildControllerContext(ctx context.Context, stopCh <-chan struct{}, opts *o
 	eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&clientv1.EventSinkImpl{Interface: cl.CoreV1().Events("")})
 	recorder := eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, corev1.EventSource{Component: controllerAgentName})
 
-	sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(intcl, time.Second*30, informers.WithNamespace(opts.Namespace))
-	kubeSharedInformerFactory := kubeinformers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(cl, time.Second*30, kubeinformers.WithNamespace(opts.Namespace))
+	sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(intcl, 10*time.Hour, informers.WithNamespace(opts.Namespace))
+	kubeSharedInformerFactory := kubeinformers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(cl, 10*time.Hour, kubeinformers.WithNamespace(opts.Namespace))
 
 	acmeAccountRegistry := accounts.NewDefaultRegistry()