diff --git a/tools/marvin/marvin/integration/lib/utils.py b/tools/marvin/marvin/integration/lib/utils.py
index f5d7c5bdf83..58a9bf9ae99 100644
--- a/tools/marvin/marvin/integration/lib/utils.py
+++ b/tools/marvin/marvin/integration/lib/utils.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def cleanup_resources(api_client, resources):
         obj.delete(api_client)
 
 
-def is_server_ssh_ready(ipaddress, port, username, password, retries=10, retryinterv=30, timeout=3.0, keyPairFileLocation=None):
+def is_server_ssh_ready(ipaddress, port, username, password, retries=20, retryinterv=30, timeout=10.0, keyPairFileLocation=None):
     '''
     @Name: is_server_ssh_ready
     @Input: timeout: tcp connection timeout flag,
diff --git a/tools/marvin/marvin/remoteSSHClient.py b/tools/marvin/marvin/remoteSSHClient.py
index 19df16e507f..c9720e39e40 100644
--- a/tools/marvin/marvin/remoteSSHClient.py
+++ b/tools/marvin/marvin/remoteSSHClient.py
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ class remoteSSHClient(object):
     '''
     Added timeout flag for ssh connect calls.Default to 3.0 seconds
     '''
-    def __init__(self, host, port, user, passwd, retries=10, delay=30,
-                 log_lvl=logging.INFO, keyPairFiles=None, timeout=3.0):
+    def __init__(self, host, port, user, passwd, retries=20, delay=30,
+                 log_lvl=logging.INFO, keyPairFiles=None, timeout=10.0):
         self.host = None
         self.port = 22
         self.user = user