diff --git a/pipelines/build/prTester/pr_test_pipeline.groovy b/pipelines/build/prTester/pr_test_pipeline.groovy
index 5721002fa..83781a1c0 100644
--- a/pipelines/build/prTester/pr_test_pipeline.groovy
+++ b/pipelines/build/prTester/pr_test_pipeline.groovy
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class PullRequestTestPipeline implements Serializable {
                                 propagate: true,
                                 parameters: [
                                     context.string(name: 'releaseType', value: 'Nightly Without Publish'),
-                                    context.string(name: 'activeNodeTimeout', value: '0'),
+                                    context.string(name: 'activeNodeTimeout', value: '1'),
                                     context.string(name: 'ciReference', value: "${branch}"), // use PR's SHA1 for the generated openjdkX-pipeline
                                     context.booleanParam(name: 'enableTestDynamicParallel', value: false), // not needed unless we enable test
                                     context.booleanParam(name: 'enableInstallers', value: false), // never need this enabled in pr-test
diff --git a/pipelines/jobs/pipeline_job_template.groovy b/pipelines/jobs/pipeline_job_template.groovy
index cd705db1f..c579a998b 100644
--- a/pipelines/jobs/pipeline_job_template.groovy
+++ b/pipelines/jobs/pipeline_job_template.groovy
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ pipelineJob("${BUILD_FOLDER}/${JOB_NAME}") {
 
     parameters {
         textParam('targetConfigurations', JsonOutput.prettyPrint(JsonOutput.toJson(targetConfigurations)))
-        stringParam('activeNodeTimeout', '0', 'Number of minutes we will wait for a label-matching node to become active.')
+        stringParam('activeNodeTimeout', '1', 'Number of minutes we will wait for a label-matching node to become active.')
         stringParam('jdkVersion', jdkVersion, 'The JDK version of the pipeline e.g (8, 11, 17).')
         stringParam('dockerExcludes', '', 'Map of targetConfigurations to exclude from docker building. If a targetConfiguration (i.e. { "x64LinuxXL": [ "openj9" ], "aarch64Linux": [ "hotspot", "openj9" ] }) has been entered into this field, jenkins will build the jdk without using docker. This param overrides the dockerImage and dockerFile downstream job parameters.')
         stringParam('baseFilePath', '', "Relative path to where the build_base_file.groovy file is located. This runs the downstream job setup and configuration retrieval services.<br>Default: <code>${defaultsJson['baseFileDirectories']['upstream']}</code>")
diff --git a/pipelines/jobs/release_pipeline_job_template.groovy b/pipelines/jobs/release_pipeline_job_template.groovy
index ba82b07b0..e5b7c1396 100644
--- a/pipelines/jobs/release_pipeline_job_template.groovy
+++ b/pipelines/jobs/release_pipeline_job_template.groovy
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pipelineJob("${BUILD_FOLDER}/${JOB_NAME}") {
 
         // default value not matter for release
         stringParam('jdkVersion', "${JAVA_VERSION}")
-        stringParam('activeNodeTimeout', '0', 'Number of minutes we will wait for a label-matching node to become active.')
+        stringParam('activeNodeTimeout', '1', 'Number of minutes we will wait for a label-matching node to become active.')
         stringParam('dockerExcludes', '', 'Map of targetConfigurations to exclude from docker building. If a targetConfiguration (i.e. { "x64LinuxXL": [ "openj9" ], "aarch64Linux": [ "hotspot", "openj9" ] }) has been entered into this field, jenkins will build the jdk without using docker. This param overrides the dockerImage and dockerFile downstream job parameters.')
         stringParam('baseFilePath', '', "Relative path to where the build_base_file.groovy file is located. This runs the downstream job setup and configuration retrieval services.<br>Default: <code>${defaultsJson['baseFileDirectories']['upstream']}</code>")
         stringParam('buildConfigFilePath', '', "Relative path to where the jdkxx_pipeline_config.groovy file is located. It contains the build configurations for each platform, architecture and variant.<br>Default: <code>${defaultsJson['configDirectories']['build']}/jdkxx_pipeline_config.groovy</code>")