diff --git a/operations/observability/mixins/workspace/rules/components/workspaces/alerts.libsonnet b/operations/observability/mixins/workspace/rules/components/workspaces/alerts.libsonnet
index 4b49442b8d..c1bb961894 100644
--- a/operations/observability/mixins/workspace/rules/components/workspaces/alerts.libsonnet
+++ b/operations/observability/mixins/workspace/rules/components/workspaces/alerts.libsonnet
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
             labels: {
               severity: 'critical',
             },
-            'for': '20m',
+            'for': '30m',
             annotations: {
               runbook_url: 'https://github.com/gitpod-io/runbooks/blob/main/runbooks/GitpodWorkspaceStuckOnStopping.md',
               summary: '5 or more workspaces are stuck on stopping',