diff --git a/test/resources/microshift-rpm.resource b/test/resources/microshift-rpm.resource
index 87200b554a..b4d2860612 100644
--- a/test/resources/microshift-rpm.resource
+++ b/test/resources/microshift-rpm.resource
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ Install MicroShift RPM Packages From System Repo
     [Arguments]    ${version}    ${check_warnings}=True
     # Allow erasing because update may require a new version of openvswitch
     # and major versions of openvswitch are separate packages that obsolete
-    # each other.
-    ${stdout}=    Command Should Work    dnf install -y --allowerasing 'microshift-${version}'
+    # each other. Override default timeout to 2 min (-R 2) because the transmission rate sometimes dips below the
+    # minrate threshold. This is not a fatal error and should not fail the test, so raising the timeout only helps to
+    # keep logs clean of flakey error messages.
+    ${stdout}=    Command Should Work    dnf install -q -R 2 -y --allowerasing 'microshift-${version}'
     IF    ${check_warnings}
         # Look for all warnings and errors before testing so that the log
         # shows the output for both.