diff --git a/ansible/roles/prometheus-backup/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/prometheus-backup/tasks/main.yml
index df71dec5e7221d54f80a9e4d03283f033d1fbdbc..d1cba71cfc9efc587ba45cfe66cc20ed68057f2d 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prometheus-backup/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prometheus-backup/tasks/main.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   environment:
     AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT: "{{ backup_storage_name }}"
     AZURE_STORAGE_KEY: "{{ backup_storage_key }}"
-  async: 3600
+  async: 5000
   poll: 10
 
 - name: clean up backup dir after upload