diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.6-periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.6-periodics.yaml
index 778875dd61e5b..8d885378b2ed9 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.6-periodics.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.6-periodics.yaml
@@ -2605,6 +2605,8 @@ periodics:
 - agent: kubernetes
   cluster: build01
   decorate: true
+  decoration_config:
+    timeout: 8h0m0s
   interval: 24h
   labels:
     job-env: aws
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.7-periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.7-periodics.yaml
index 497a32625647f..156ca801dbdd5 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.7-periodics.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.7-periodics.yaml
@@ -2601,6 +2601,8 @@ periodics:
 - agent: kubernetes
   cluster: build01
   decorate: true
+  decoration_config:
+    timeout: 8h0m0s
   interval: 24h
   labels:
     job-env: aws
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.8-periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.8-periodics.yaml
index 7e96e93266e18..7f5878c810445 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.8-periodics.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.8-periodics.yaml
@@ -1960,6 +1960,8 @@ periodics:
 - agent: kubernetes
   cluster: build01
   decorate: true
+  decoration_config:
+    timeout: 8h0m0s
   interval: 24h
   labels:
     job-env: aws
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.9-periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.9-periodics.yaml
index e0e2238f2e9df..a869e76c67fa0 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.9-periodics.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-release-4.9-periodics.yaml
@@ -2074,6 +2074,8 @@ periodics:
 - agent: kubernetes
   cluster: build01
   decorate: true
+  decoration_config:
+    timeout: 8h0m0s
   interval: 24h
   labels:
     job-env: aws
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/aws/ipi-conf-aws-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/aws/ipi-conf-aws-commands.sh
index f9c24474349f9..ecfd127abd739 100755
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/aws/ipi-conf-aws-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/aws/ipi-conf-aws-commands.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE="${CLUSTER_PROFILE_DIR}/.awscred"
 
 CONFIG="${SHARED_DIR}/install-config.yaml"
 
-expiration_date=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
+expiration_date=$(date -d '8 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
 
 function join_by { local IFS="$1"; shift; echo "$*"; }
 
diff --git a/core-services/ipi-deprovision/gcp.sh b/core-services/ipi-deprovision/gcp.sh
index d3f7d3df10d14..e9caca001d1e8 100755
--- a/core-services/ipi-deprovision/gcp.sh
+++ b/core-services/ipi-deprovision/gcp.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ logdir="${ARTIFACTS}/deprovision"
 mkdir -p "${logdir}"
 
 
-gce_cluster_age_cutoff="$(TZ=":America/Los_Angeles" date --date="${CLUSTER_TTL}-4 hours" '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M%z')"
+gce_cluster_age_cutoff="$(TZ=":America/Los_Angeles" date --date="${CLUSTER_TTL}-8 hours" '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M%z')"
 echo "deprovisioning clusters with a creationTimestamp before ${gce_cluster_age_cutoff} in GCE ..."
 export CLOUDSDK_CONFIG=/tmp/gcloudconfig
 mkdir -p "${CLOUDSDK_CONFIG}"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ done
 
 wait
 
-gcs_bucket_age_cutoff="$(TZ="GMT" date --date="${CLUSTER_TTL}-4 hours" '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT')"
+gcs_bucket_age_cutoff="$(TZ="GMT" date --date="${CLUSTER_TTL}-8 hours" '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT')"
 gcs_bucket_age_cutoff_seconds="$(date --date="${gcs_bucket_age_cutoff}" '+%s')"
 echo "deleting GCS buckets with a creationTimestamp before ${gcs_bucket_age_cutoff} in GCE ..."
 buckets=()