diff --git a/.github/scripts/end2end/bootstrap-kind.sh b/.github/scripts/end2end/bootstrap-kind.sh
index 774eceb54..3be0dbe46 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/end2end/bootstrap-kind.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/end2end/bootstrap-kind.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ nodes:
     nodeRegistration:
       kubeletExtraArgs:
         node-labels: "ingress-ready=true"
+  - |
+    kind: ClusterConfiguration
+    apiServer:
+      extraArgs:
+        event-ttl: "4h0m0s"
   extraMounts:
   - hostPath: ${VOLUME_ROOT}/data
     containerPath: /data