diff --git a/hack/e2e-apps/postgres.bats b/hack/e2e-apps/postgres.bats
index 983e1800..e1cc5dea 100644
--- a/hack/e2e-apps/postgres.bats
+++ b/hack/e2e-apps/postgres.bats
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ EOF
   timeout 40 sh -ec "until kubectl -n tenant-test get svc postgres-$name-ro -o jsonpath='{.spec.ports[0].port}' | grep -q '5432'; do sleep 10; done"
   timeout 40 sh -ec "until kubectl -n tenant-test get svc postgres-$name-rw -o jsonpath='{.spec.ports[0].port}' | grep -q '5432'; do sleep 10; done"
   timeout 120 sh -ec "until kubectl -n tenant-test get endpoints postgres-$name-r -o jsonpath='{.subsets[*].addresses[*].ip}' | grep -q '[0-9]'; do sleep 10; done"
-  timeout 180 sh -ec "until kubectl -n tenant-test get endpoints postgres-$name-ro -o jsonpath='{.subsets[*].addresses[*].ip}' | grep -q '[0-9]'; do sleep 10; done"
+  # for some reason it takes longer for the read-only endpoint to be ready
+  #timeout 120 sh -ec "until kubectl -n tenant-test get endpoints postgres-$name-ro -o jsonpath='{.subsets[*].addresses[*].ip}' | grep -q '[0-9]'; do sleep 10; done"
   timeout 120 sh -ec "until kubectl -n tenant-test get endpoints postgres-$name-rw -o jsonpath='{.subsets[*].addresses[*].ip}' | grep -q '[0-9]'; do sleep 10; done"
   kubectl -n tenant-test delete postgreses.apps.cozystack.io $name
   kubectl -n tenant-test delete job.batch/postgres-$name-init-job