diff --git a/pkg/controller/clusterissuers/sync.go b/pkg/controller/clusterissuers/sync.go
index 3167ac3a7..c3097eb78 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/clusterissuers/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/clusterissuers/sync.go
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ const (
 func (c *controller) Sync(ctx context.Context, iss *cmapi.ClusterIssuer) (err error) {
 	log := logf.FromContext(ctx)
 
-	// allow a maximum of 10s
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)
+	// allow a maximum of 90s
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*90)
 	defer cancel()
 
 	issuerCopy := iss.DeepCopy()
diff --git a/pkg/controller/issuers/sync.go b/pkg/controller/issuers/sync.go
index cc9e5405f..2a8fcc780 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/issuers/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/issuers/sync.go
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ const (
 func (c *controller) Sync(ctx context.Context, iss *cmapi.Issuer) (err error) {
 	log := logf.FromContext(ctx)
 
-	// allow a maximum of 10s
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)
+	// allow a maximum of 90s
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*90)
 	defer cancel()
 
 	issuerCopy := iss.DeepCopy()