diff --git a/src/bin/pg_rewind/RewindTest.pm b/src/bin/pg_rewind/RewindTest.pm
index d23ad2d00c..426bd6e5cf 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_rewind/RewindTest.pm
+++ b/src/bin/pg_rewind/RewindTest.pm
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ sub poll_query_until
 {
 	my ($query, $connstr) = @_;
 
-	my $max_attempts = 30;
+	my $max_attempts = 90;
 	my $attempts     = 0;
 	my ($stdout, $stderr);
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ sub poll_query_until
 		$attempts++;
 	}
 
-	# The query result didn't change in 30 seconds. Give up. Print the stderr
+	# The query result didn't change in 90 seconds. Give up. Print the stderr
 	# from the last attempt, hopefully that's useful for debugging.
 	diag $stderr;
 	return 0;