diff --git a/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh
index 50355e6912..ac29ee3869 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ echo_i "verifying that 'lock-file none' disables process check ($n)"
 ret=0
 testpid=$(run_named ns2 named$n.run -c named-alt3.conf -D runtime-ns2-extra-3)
 test -n "$testpid" || ret=1
-retry_quiet 10 check_named_log "running$" ns2/named$n.run || ret=1
+retry_quiet 60 check_named_log "running$" ns2/named$n.run || ret=1
 grep "another named process" ns2/named$n.run > /dev/null && ret=1
 kill_named ns2/named-alt3.pid || ret=1
 test -n "$testpid" && retry_quiet 10 check_pid $testpid || ret=1
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ ret=0
 INSTANCE_NAME="runtime-ns2-extra-7-$(cat ctrl-chars)"
 testpid=$(run_named ns2 named$n.run -c named-alt7.conf -D "${INSTANCE_NAME}")
 test -n "$testpid" || ret=1
-retry_quiet 10 check_named_log "running$" ns2/named$n.run || ret=1
+retry_quiet 60 check_named_log "running$" ns2/named$n.run || ret=1
 grep 'running as.*\\177\\033' ns2/named$n.run > /dev/null || ret=1
 kill_named ns2/named.pid || ret=1
 test -n "$testpid" && retry_quiet 10 check_pid $testpid || ret=1
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ ret=0
 INSTANCE_NAME="runtime-ns2-extra-8-$;"
 testpid=$(run_named ns2 named$n.run -c named-alt7.conf -D "${INSTANCE_NAME}")
 test -n "$testpid" || ret=1
-retry_quiet 10 check_named_log "running$" ns2/named$n.run || ret=1
+retry_quiet 60 check_named_log "running$" ns2/named$n.run || ret=1
 grep 'running as.*\\$\\;' ns2/named$n.run > /dev/null || ret=1
 kill_named ns2/named.pid || ret=1
 test -n "$testpid" && retry_quiet 10 check_pid $testpid || ret=1
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ LONG_CMD_LINE=$(cat long-cmd-line)
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
 testpid=$(run_named ns2 named$n.run $LONG_CMD_LINE -c "named-alt7.conf")
 test -n "$testpid" || ret=1
-retry_quiet 10 check_named_log "running$" ns2/named$n.run || ret=1
+retry_quiet 60 check_named_log "running$" ns2/named$n.run || ret=1
 grep "running as.*\.\.\.$" ns2/named$n.run > /dev/null || ret=1
 kill_named ns2/named.pid || ret=1
 test -n "$testpid" && retry_quiet 10 check_pid $testpid || ret=1
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
 	chmod 0700 "${TEMP_NAMED_DIR}"
 	testpid=$(run_named "${TEMP_NAMED_DIR}" "${TEMP_NAMED_DIR}/named$n.run" -u nobody -c named-alt9.conf)
 	test -n "$testpid" || ret=1
-	retry_quiet 10 check_named_log "running$" "${TEMP_NAMED_DIR}/named$n.run" || ret=1
+	retry_quiet 60 check_named_log "running$" "${TEMP_NAMED_DIR}/named$n.run" || ret=1
 	[ -s "${TEMP_NAMED_DIR}/named9.pid" ] || ret=1
 	grep "loading configuration: permission denied" "${TEMP_NAMED_DIR}/named$n.run" > /dev/null && ret=1
 	kill_named "${TEMP_NAMED_DIR}/named9.pid" || ret=1