diff --git a/google/resource_container_cluster.go b/google/resource_container_cluster.go
index 641a461f..6166d299 100644
--- a/google/resource_container_cluster.go
+++ b/google/resource_container_cluster.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func resourceContainerCluster() *schema.Resource {
 		Timeouts: &schema.ResourceTimeout{
 			Create: schema.DefaultTimeout(30 * time.Minute),
 			Update: schema.DefaultTimeout(10 * time.Minute),
-			Delete: schema.DefaultTimeout(10 * time.Minute),
+			Delete: schema.DefaultTimeout(30 * time.Minute),
 		},
 
 		SchemaVersion: 1,