diff --git a/hack/setup-kubeflow-light.sh b/hack/setup-kubeflow-light.sh
index cfe1909fb7..fe046ad6a1 100755
--- a/hack/setup-kubeflow-light.sh
+++ b/hack/setup-kubeflow-light.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ echo "Deploying Cert-Manager."
 kustomize build common/cert-manager/cert-manager/base | kubectl apply -f -
 
 echo "Waiting for Cert Manager pods to become ready..."
+sleep 5
 kubectl wait --timeout=${TIMEOUT} -n cert-manager --all --for=condition=Ready pod
 
 echo "Deploying Istio."
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ kustomize build common/istio-1-11/istio-namespace/base | kubectl apply -f -
 kustomize build common/istio-1-11/istio-install/base | kubectl apply -f -
 
 echo "Waiting for istio-system Pods to become ready..."
+sleep 5
 kubectl wait --timeout=${TIMEOUT} -n istio-system --all --for=condition=Ready pod
 
 echo "Deploying Knative."
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ kustomize build common/knative/knative-eventing/base | kubectl apply -f -
 kustomize build common/istio-1-11/cluster-local-gateway/base | kubectl apply -f -
 
 echo "Waiting for knative-serving Pods to become ready..."
+sleep 5
 kubectl wait --timeout=${TIMEOUT} -n knative-serving --all --for=condition=Ready pod
 
 echo "Deploying KFP."
@@ -65,30 +68,35 @@ do
 done
 
 echo "Waiting for kubeflow/ml-pipelines to become ready..."
+sleep 5
 kubectl wait --timeout=${TIMEOUT} -n kubeflow -l app=ml-pipeline --for=condition=Ready pod
 
 echo "Deploying KFServing."
 kustomize build apps/kfserving/upstream/overlays/kubeflow | kubectl apply -f -
 
 echo "Waiting for kubeflow/kfserving to become ready..."
+sleep 5
 kubectl wait --timeout=${TIMEOUT} -n kubeflow -l app=kfserving --for=condition=Ready pod
 
 echo "Deploying Katib."
 kustomize build apps/katib/upstream/installs/katib-with-kubeflow | kubectl apply -f -
 
 echo "Waiting for kubeflow/katib to become ready..."
+sleep 5
 kubectl wait --timeout=${TIMEOUT} -n kubeflow -l katib.kubeflow.org/component=controller --for=condition=Ready pod
 
 echo "Deploying Training Operator."
 kustomize build apps/training-operator/upstream/overlays/kubeflow | kubectl apply -f -
 
 echo "Waiting for kubeflow/training-operator to become ready..."
+sleep 5
 kubectl wait --timeout=${TIMEOUT} -n kubeflow -l control-plane=kubeflow-training-operator --for=condition=Ready pod
 
 echo "Installing Profiles Controller."
 kustomize build apps/profiles/upstream/overlays/kubeflow | kubectl apply -f -
 
 echo "Waiting for kubeflow/profiles-controller to become ready..."
+sleep 5
 kubectl wait --timeout=${TIMEOUT} -n kubeflow -l kustomize.component=profiles --for=condition=Ready pod
 
 echo "Creating user resources."