diff --git a/lib/aws/bootstrap/eks-master-cluster.j2.tf b/lib/aws/bootstrap/eks-master-cluster.j2.tf
index d222fe6b..f0273001 100644
--- a/lib/aws/bootstrap/eks-master-cluster.j2.tf
+++ b/lib/aws/bootstrap/eks-master-cluster.j2.tf
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ resource "aws_eks_cluster" "eks_cluster" {
 
   tags = local.tags_eks
 
+  # grow this value to reduce random AWS API timeouts
+  timeouts {
+    create = "60 minutes"
+    update = "90 minutes"
+  }
+
   depends_on = [
     aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.eks_cluster_AmazonEKSClusterPolicy,
     aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.eks_cluster_AmazonEKSServicePolicy,
diff --git a/test_utilities/Cargo.lock b/test_utilities/Cargo.lock
index ea8fa076..f6613557 100644
--- a/test_utilities/Cargo.lock
+++ b/test_utilities/Cargo.lock
@@ -272,6 +272,26 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c478836e029dcef17fb47c89023448c64f781a046e0300e257ad8225ae59afab"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "const_format"
+version = "0.2.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22bc6cd49b0ec407b680c3e380182b6ac63b73991cb7602de350352fc309b614"
+dependencies = [
+ "const_format_proc_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "const_format_proc_macros"
+version = "0.2.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef196d5d972878a48da7decb7686eded338b4858fbabeed513d63a7c98b2b82d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.27",
+ "quote 1.0.8",
+ "unicode-xid 0.2.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cookie"
 version = "0.12.0"
@@ -3240,6 +3260,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.13.0",
  "bstr",
  "chrono",
+ "const_format",
  "curl",
  "digitalocean",
  "dirs",