diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-e2e.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-e2e.yaml
index 0d62e4b3ee2cc..4f53db0d118da 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-e2e.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-e2e.yaml
@@ -153,11 +153,13 @@ objects:
 
         i=0
         MAX_RETRIES=10
-        until oc wait "${ROUTER_DEPLOYMENT}" -n "${ROUTER_NAMESPACE}" --for condition=available --timeout=10m || [ $i -eq $MAX_RETRIES ]; do
+        wait_expiry_ts="$(($(date +%s) + 90))"
+        until oc --request-timeout=80s rollout status "${ROUTER_DEPLOYMENT}" -n "${ROUTER_NAMESPACE}" -w; do
             i=$((i+1))
-            [ $i -eq $MAX_RETRIES ] && echo "timeout waiting for router to be available" && exit 1
-            echo "error deploy/router did not come up"
-            sleep 60
+            [ $i -eq $MAX_RETRIES ] && echo "timeout waiting for ${ROUTER_NAMESPACE}/${ROUTER_DEPLOYMENT} to be available" && exit 1
+            echo "error ${ROUTER_NAMESPACE}/${ROUTER_DEPLOYMENT} did not come up"
+            sleep "$((wait_expiry_ts - $(date +%s)))"
+            wait_expiry_ts="$(($(date +%s) + 90))"
         done
 
         # set up cloud-provider-specific env vars