diff --git a/compute/apiv1/smoke_test.go b/compute/apiv1/smoke_test.go
index 775dc5cce18b..8ea6ef799732 100644
--- a/compute/apiv1/smoke_test.go
+++ b/compute/apiv1/smoke_test.go
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ func TestCapitalLetter(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	defer func() {
-		timeoutCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Minute)
+		timeoutCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 5*time.Minute)
 		defer cancel()
 		err = internal.Retry(timeoutCtx, gax.Backoff{}, func() (stop bool, err error) {
 			_, err = c.Delete(timeoutCtx,