diff --git a/tests/e2e/controlplane/control_plane_test.go b/tests/e2e/controlplane/control_plane_test.go
index e721e4586..1e8117d7b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/controlplane/control_plane_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/controlplane/control_plane_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import (
 var istiodVersionRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`Version:"(\d+\.\d+(\.\d+|-\w+))`)
 
 var _ = Describe("Control Plane Installation", Ordered, func() {
-	SetDefaultEventuallyTimeout(120 * time.Second)
+	SetDefaultEventuallyTimeout(180 * time.Second)
 	SetDefaultEventuallyPollingInterval(time.Second)
 
 	debugInfoLogged := false
diff --git a/tests/e2e/operator/operator_install_test.go b/tests/e2e/operator/operator_install_test.go
index e7f5070ce..5c6338c5c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/operator/operator_install_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/operator/operator_install_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ var sailCRDs = []string{
 }
 
 var _ = Describe("Operator", Ordered, func() {
-	SetDefaultEventuallyTimeout(120 * time.Second)
+	SetDefaultEventuallyTimeout(180 * time.Second)
 	SetDefaultEventuallyPollingInterval(time.Second)
 
 	Describe("installation", func() {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/util/common/e2e_utils.go b/tests/e2e/util/common/e2e_utils.go
index 49b4c6f62..a787a4b49 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/util/common/e2e_utils.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/util/common/e2e_utils.go
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ func logOperatorDebugInfo() {
 
 	events, err := kubectl.GetEvents(namespace)
 	logDebugElement("Events in "+namespace, events, err)
+
+	// Temporaty information to gather more details about failure
+	pods, err := kubectl.GetPods(namespace, "-o wide")
+	logDebugElement("Pods in "+namespace, pods, err)
+
+	describe, err := kubectl.Describe(namespace, "deployment", deploymentName)
+	logDebugElement("Operator Deployment describe", describe, err)
 }
 
 func logIstioDebugInfo() {
@@ -130,6 +137,13 @@ func logCNIDebugInfo() {
 
 	events, err := kubectl.GetEvents(istioCniNamespace)
 	logDebugElement("Events in "+istioCniNamespace, events, err)
+
+	// Temporaty information to gather more details about failure
+	pods, err := kubectl.GetPods(istioCniNamespace, "-o wide")
+	logDebugElement("Pods in "+istioCniNamespace, pods, err)
+
+	describe, err := kubectl.Describe(istioCniNamespace, "daemonset", "istio-cni-node")
+	logDebugElement("Istio CNI DaemonSet describe", describe, err)
 }
 
 func logDebugElement(caption string, info string, err error) {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/util/kubectl/kubectl.go b/tests/e2e/util/kubectl/kubectl.go
index 0d5bc50b5..fe76ac34f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/util/kubectl/kubectl.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/util/kubectl/kubectl.go
@@ -162,6 +162,21 @@ func GetEvents(ns string) (string, error) {
 	return output, nil
 }
 
+// Describe returns the description of a resource
+// Arguments:
+// - ns: namespace
+// - kind: type of the resource
+// - name: name of the resource
+func Describe(ns, kind, name string) (string, error) {
+	cmd := kubectl("describe %s %s %s", kind, name, nsflag(ns))
+	output, err := shell.ExecuteCommand(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("error describing resource: %w, output: %s", err, output)
+	}
+
+	return output, nil
+}
+
 // Logs returns the logs of a deployment
 // Arguments:
 // - ns: namespace