diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/api_server.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/api_server.go
index d98b069c7e..1ba9188e76 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/api_server.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/api_server.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func apiServerHealthz(hostname string, port int) (state.State, error) {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	err = retry.Local(check, 8*time.Second)
+	err = retry.Local(check, 5*time.Second)
 	return st, err
 }