diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4650f1eb..3f76b1e6 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ jobs:
           key: yarn-packages-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
           paths:
             - ~/.cache/yarn
-      - run: # wait until cosm scripts have fully started
-          command: timeout 15 bash -c "until curl -s http://localhost:1317/node_info > /dev/null; do sleep 1; done"
+      - run: # wait until cosm scripts have fully started (this includes time for docker pull)
+          command: timeout 60 bash -c "until curl -s http://localhost:1317/node_info > /dev/null; do sleep 1; done"
       - run:
           environment:
             COSMOS_ENABLED: 1