diff --git a/apache/manifests/apache-rc.yaml b/apache/manifests/apache-rc.yaml
index 181ab4500..daaa158a7 100644
--- a/apache/manifests/apache-rc.yaml
+++ b/apache/manifests/apache-rc.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spec:
             path: /
             port: apache-http
           initialDelaySeconds: 15
-          timeoutSeconds: 1
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /