diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/remote/config.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/remote/config.go
index 48728073803..02b32274f2f 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/remote/config.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/remote/config.go
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ func DefaultClientConfig() Config {
 		SpaceID:  "",
 		Username: "",
 		Password: "",
-		Timeout:  5 * time.Minute,
-		TLS:      nil,
+		// Default timeout 10 minutes, expecting Fleet Server to control the long poll with default timeout of 5 minutes
+		Timeout: 10 * time.Minute,
+		TLS:     nil,
 	}
 }