diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-tests-private/openshift-openshift-tests-private-release-4.18__amd64-nightly.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-tests-private/openshift-openshift-tests-private-release-4.18__amd64-nightly.yaml
index 29459d5620e81..c8f2c5bf40f37 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-tests-private/openshift-openshift-tests-private-release-4.18__amd64-nightly.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-tests-private/openshift-openshift-tests-private-release-4.18__amd64-nightly.yaml
@@ -3432,6 +3432,7 @@ tests:
     cluster_profile: openstack-vexxhost
     env:
       ROTATE_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS: "true"
+      SLEEP_DURATION: 24h
       USE_RAMFS: "false"
     test:
     - chain: openshift-e2e-test-qe-disasterrecovery-sanity
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-tests-private/openshift-openshift-tests-private-release-4.21__amd64-nightly.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-tests-private/openshift-openshift-tests-private-release-4.21__amd64-nightly.yaml
index 8a95d33808779..6e22cf63814dc 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-tests-private/openshift-openshift-tests-private-release-4.21__amd64-nightly.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-tests-private/openshift-openshift-tests-private-release-4.21__amd64-nightly.yaml
@@ -3112,7 +3112,7 @@ tests:
     cluster_profile: nutanix-qe
     env:
       EXTRACT_MANIFEST_INCLUDED: "true"
-      FEATURE_SET: TechPreviewNoUpgrade
+      SLEEP_DURATION: 24h
     test:
     - chain: openshift-e2e-test-qe
     workflow: cucushift-installer-rehearse-nutanix-ipi
@@ -3182,7 +3182,9 @@ tests:
     cluster_profile: nutanix-qe-zone
     env:
       EXTRACT_MANIFEST_INCLUDED: "true"
+      SLEEP_DURATION: 24h
     test:
+    - ref: cucushift-installer-wait
     - chain: openshift-e2e-test-qe-destructive
     workflow: cucushift-installer-rehearse-nutanix-ipi-zones
 - as: nutanix-ipi-zones-multi-nic-f28
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/installer/rehearse/nutanix/ipi/provision/cucushift-installer-rehearse-nutanix-ipi-provision-chain.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/installer/rehearse/nutanix/ipi/provision/cucushift-installer-rehearse-nutanix-ipi-provision-chain.yaml
index 48704a1f2e18f..4b1676d869df1 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/installer/rehearse/nutanix/ipi/provision/cucushift-installer-rehearse-nutanix-ipi-provision-chain.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/installer/rehearse/nutanix/ipi/provision/cucushift-installer-rehearse-nutanix-ipi-provision-chain.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ chain:
   as: cucushift-installer-rehearse-nutanix-ipi-provision
   steps:
   - chain: ipi-conf-nutanix
+  - ref: cucushift-installer-wait
   - chain: ipi-install
   - chain: ipi-install-nutanix
   - ref: enable-qe-catalogsource
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/installer/wait/cucushift-installer-wait-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/installer/wait/cucushift-installer-wait-ref.yaml
index 247557905888d..3d167e0bfc937 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/installer/wait/cucushift-installer-wait-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/installer/wait/cucushift-installer-wait-ref.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ref:
   timeout: 72h0m0s
   env:
   - name: SLEEP_DURATION
-    default: "2h"
+    default: "24h"
     documentation: "Set the amount of time, the step must sleep, before allowing the workflow to continue with the next steps. (default: 2h, MAX: 72h)"
   commands: cucushift-installer-wait-commands.sh
   resources:
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/openstack/pre/ipi-openstack-pre-chain.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/openstack/pre/ipi-openstack-pre-chain.yaml
index eadaf0b20f925..a65780785a448 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/openstack/pre/ipi-openstack-pre-chain.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/openstack/pre/ipi-openstack-pre-chain.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ chain:
   as: ipi-openstack-pre
   steps:
   - chain: ipi-conf-openstack
+  - ref: cucushift-installer-wait
   - chain: ipi-install
   - ref: openstack-provision-etcd-disk-speed
   - ref: openstack-rotate-cloud-credentials