diff --git a/openstack-proxy/nodeimage.pkr.hcl b/openstack-proxy/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
index 7dbcbbfecf855f4edea749c0c20a974f20fb2c73..5927b83ff9c9aa29604b4ca68daf8ccdc3d063d7 100644
--- a/openstack-proxy/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack-proxy/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ build {
     use_proxy        = false
     user             = var.ssh_username
     groups           = ["proxy"]
-    ansible_env_vars = ["ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False"]
+    ansible_env_vars = ["ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT=60", "ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False"]
     playbook_file    = "./CRI_XCBC/proxy.yaml"
   }
 }