diff --git a/src/targets/__tests__/maven.test.ts b/src/targets/__tests__/maven.test.ts
index 9a63071e..e1dce99a 100644
--- a/src/targets/__tests__/maven.test.ts
+++ b/src/targets/__tests__/maven.test.ts
@@ -808,13 +808,13 @@ describe('closeRepository', () => {
       Promise.resolve(getRepositoryInfo('open'))
     );
 
-    // Deadline is 60min, so we fake pooling start time and initial read to 1min
-    // and second iteration to something over 60min
+    // Deadline is 2h, so we fake pooling start time and initial read to 1min
+    // and second iteration to something over 2h
     jest
       .spyOn(Date, 'now')
       .mockImplementationOnce(() => 1 * 60 * 1000)
       .mockImplementationOnce(() => 1 * 60 * 1000)
-      .mockImplementationOnce(() => 62 * 60 * 1000);
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => 122 * 60 * 1000);
 
     await expect(mvnTarget.closeRepository(repositoryId)).rejects.toThrow(
       new Error('Deadline for Nexus repository status change reached.')
@@ -915,13 +915,13 @@ describe('releaseRepository', () => {
       deploymentState: 'PUBLISHING'
     })
 
-   // Deadline is 60min, so we fake pooling start time and initial read to 1min
-    // and second iteration to something over 60min
+   // Deadline is 2h, so we fake pooling start time and initial read to 1min
+    // and second iteration to something over 2h
     jest
       .spyOn(Date, 'now')
       .mockImplementationOnce(() => 1 * 60 * 1000)
       .mockImplementationOnce(() => 1 * 60 * 1000)
-      .mockImplementationOnce(() => 62 * 60 * 1000);
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => 122 * 60 * 1000);
 
     await expect(mvnTarget.releaseRepository(repositoryId)).rejects.toThrow(
       new Error('Deadline for Central repository status change reached.')
diff --git a/src/targets/maven.ts b/src/targets/maven.ts
index fcc2355d..1c20833c 100644
--- a/src/targets/maven.ts
+++ b/src/targets/maven.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const NEXUS_API_BASE_URL =
   'https://ossrh-staging-api.central.sonatype.com';
 export const CENTRAL_API_BASE_URL = 'https://central.sonatype.com/api/v1';
 const NEXUS_RETRY_DELAY = 10 * 1000; // 10s
-const SONATYPE_RETRY_DEADLINE = 60 * 60 * 1000; // 60min
+const SONATYPE_RETRY_DEADLINE = 120 * 60 * 1000; // 2h
 const CENTRAL_RETRY_DELAY = 60 * 1000; // 1min
 
 export type NexusRepository = {