diff --git a/robot-server/opentrons-robot-server.service b/robot-server/opentrons-robot-server.service
index dbdbdc68046..e452da339e5 100644
--- a/robot-server/opentrons-robot-server.service
+++ b/robot-server/opentrons-robot-server.service
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Environment=RUNNING_ON_PI=true
 Environment=OT_ROBOT_SERVER_persistence_directory=/data/opentrons_robot_server
 
 Restart=on-failure
-TimeoutStartSec=3min
+TimeoutStartSec=10min
 
 
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