diff --git a/storage_controller/src/service.rs b/storage_controller/src/service.rs
index 92ec58cb4d..083c78233a 100644
--- a/storage_controller/src/service.rs
+++ b/storage_controller/src/service.rs
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ impl Service {
             node_list_futs.push({
                 async move {
                     tracing::info!("Scanning shards on node {node}...");
-                    let timeout = Duration::from_secs(1);
+                    let timeout = Duration::from_secs(5);
                     let response = node
                         .with_client_retries(
                             |client| async move { client.list_location_config().await },