diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/main/opt/local/bin/start-sample-cluster.bat b/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/main/opt/local/bin/start-sample-cluster.bat
index 652abff..1d874c2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/main/opt/local/bin/start-sample-cluster.bat
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/main/opt/local/bin/start-sample-cluster.bat
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 start /MIN "cc" cmd /c "echo See output in %LOGSDIR%\cc.log && "%INSTALLDIR%\bin\${CC_COMMAND}" -config-file "%CLUSTERDIR%\conf\cc.conf" >>"%LOGSDIR%\cc.log" 2>&1"
 
 echo.
-call "%INSTALLDIR%\bin\${HELPER_COMMAND}" wait_for_cluster -timeout 30
+call "%INSTALLDIR%\bin\${HELPER_COMMAND}" wait_for_cluster -timeout 90
 if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 (
   goto :END
 )
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/main/opt/local/bin/start-sample-cluster.sh b/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/main/opt/local/bin/start-sample-cluster.sh
index 9268bed..34c3a0f 100755
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/main/opt/local/bin/start-sample-cluster.sh
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/main/opt/local/bin/start-sample-cluster.sh
@@ -129,5 +129,5 @@
 "$INSTALLDIR/bin/${NC_SERVICE_COMMAND}" -logdir - -config-file "$CLUSTERDIR/conf/blue.conf" >> "$LOGSDIR/blue-service.log" 2>&1 &
 "$INSTALLDIR/bin/${NC_SERVICE_COMMAND}" -logdir - >> "$LOGSDIR/red-service.log" 2>&1 &
 "$INSTALLDIR/bin/${CC_COMMAND}" -config-file "$CLUSTERDIR/conf/cc.conf" >> "$LOGSDIR/cc.log" 2>&1 &
-"$INSTALLDIR/bin/${HELPER_COMMAND}" wait_for_cluster -timeout 30
+"$INSTALLDIR/bin/${HELPER_COMMAND}" wait_for_cluster -timeout 90
 exit $?