diff --git a/tasks/post_checks_nodes.yml b/tasks/post_checks_nodes.yml
index 5a87485..ff59e8f 100644
--- a/tasks/post_checks_nodes.yml
+++ b/tasks/post_checks_nodes.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     - kubectl_get_nodes_result.rc == 0
     - kubectl_get_nodes_result.stdout.find("NotReady") == -1
   retries: 30
-  delay: 20
+  delay: 5
   when:
     - k3s_control_node
     - ("flannel-backend" not in k3s_runtime_config