diff --git a/cypress/integration/acknowledge_alerts_modal_spec.js b/cypress/integration/acknowledge_alerts_modal_spec.js
index fd98cc32..4b1a5a47 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/acknowledge_alerts_modal_spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/acknowledge_alerts_modal_spec.js
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ describe('AcknowledgeAlertsModal', () => {
     cy.visit(`${Cypress.env('opensearch_dashboards')}/app/${PLUGIN_NAME}#/dashboard`);
 
     // Confirm dashboard is displaying rows for the test monitors.
-    cy.contains(BUCKET_MONITOR, { timeout: TWENTY_SECONDS });
-    cy.contains(QUERY_MONITOR, { timeout: TWENTY_SECONDS });
+    cy.contains(BUCKET_MONITOR, { timeout: SIXTY_SECONDS });
+    cy.contains(QUERY_MONITOR, { timeout: SIXTY_SECONDS });
   });
 
   it('Acknowledge button disabled when more than 1 trigger selected', () => {
diff --git a/cypress/support/commands.js b/cypress/support/commands.js
index c2b0a257..ca8c8197 100644
--- a/cypress/support/commands.js
+++ b/cypress/support/commands.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
+const { method } = require('lodash');
 const { API, ADMIN_AUTH } = require('./constants');
 
 // ***********************************************
@@ -71,7 +72,12 @@ Cypress.Commands.overwrite('request', (originalFn, ...args) => {
 });
 
 Cypress.Commands.add('createMonitor', (monitorJSON) => {
-  cy.request('POST', `${Cypress.env('opensearch')}${API.MONITOR_BASE}`, monitorJSON);
+  cy.request({
+    method: 'POST',
+    url: `${Cypress.env('opensearch')}${API.MONITOR_BASE}`,
+    body: monitorJSON,
+    timeout: 60000
+  });
 });
 
 Cypress.Commands.add('createAndExecuteMonitor', (monitorJSON) => {