diff --git a/src/internal/controller/zitadelcluster_controller.go b/src/internal/controller/zitadelcluster_controller.go
index 2209722..24836dc 100644
--- a/src/internal/controller/zitadelcluster_controller.go
+++ b/src/internal/controller/zitadelcluster_controller.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func (r *ZitadelClusterReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque
 	if err := r.patchStatus(ctx, &zitadel, r.patcher(ctx, &zitadel)); err != nil && !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
-	return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: 2 * time.Minute}, nil
+	return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: 15 * time.Minute}, nil
 }
 
 func (r *ZitadelClusterReconciler) setSpecDefaults(ctx context.Context, zitadel *zitadelv1alpha1.ZitadelCluster) (ctrl.Result, error) {