diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/main.yml
index d30a94900..7aaf2ed76 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/main.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ kube_etcd_key_file: node-{{ inventory_hostname }}-key.pem
 # CLI/web clients.
 kube_controller_manager_bind_address: "::"
 
+## Control plane health check settings
+control_plane_health_retries: 60  # Default retries for apiserver, scheduler, controller-manager health checks
+
 # Leader election lease durations and timeouts for controller-manager
 kube_controller_manager_leader_elect_lease_duration: 15s
 kube_controller_manager_leader_elect_renew_deadline: 10s
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/handlers/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/handlers/main.yml
index 3a948ca7d..215521ef0 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/handlers/main.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     validate_certs: false
   register: scheduler_result
   until: scheduler_result.status == 200
-  retries: 60
+  retries: "{{ control_plane_health_retries }}"
   delay: 1
   listen:
     - Control plane | restart kubelet
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     validate_certs: false
   register: controller_manager_result
   until: controller_manager_result.status == 200
-  retries: 60
+  retries: "{{ control_plane_health_retries }}"
   delay: 1
   listen:
     - Control plane | restart kubelet
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     validate_certs: false
   register: result
   until: result.status == 200
-  retries: 60
+  retries: "{{ control_plane_health_retries }}"
   delay: 1
   listen:
     - Control plane | restart kubelet