diff --git a/.changeset/twelve-pumpkins-fold.md b/.changeset/twelve-pumpkins-fold.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae63a8fce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twelve-pumpkins-fold.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+Increase max wait time in debug:wait action to 10 minutes
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/debug/wait.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/debug/wait.test.ts
index 0dcbd10f0f..fc688eee44 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/debug/wait.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/debug/wait.test.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('debug:wait', () => {
     await expect(async () => {
       await action.handler(context);
     }).rejects.toThrow(
-      'Waiting duration is longer than the maximum threshold of 0 hours, 0 minutes, 30 seconds',
+      'Waiting duration is longer than the maximum threshold of 0 hours, 10 minutes, 0 seconds',
     );
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/debug/wait.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/debug/wait.ts
index ae0af4db5a..fd4a77754b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/debug/wait.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/debug/wait.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { examples } from './wait.examples';
 
 const id = 'debug:wait';
 
-const MAX_WAIT_TIME_IN_ISO = 'T00:00:30';
+const MAX_WAIT_TIME_IN_ISO = 'T00:10:00';
 
 /**
  * Waits for a certain period of time.