diff --git a/app/services/definitions/credential_definitions.py b/app/services/definitions/credential_definitions.py
index 6944bdaa7..a54420f0a 100644
--- a/app/services/definitions/credential_definitions.py
+++ b/app/services/definitions/credential_definitions.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from app.util.definitions import credential_definition_from_acapy
 from app.util.transaction_acked import wait_for_transaction_ack
 from shared import REGISTRY_SIZE
+from shared.constants import CRED_DEF_ACK_TIMEOUT
 from shared.log_config import get_logger
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
@@ -58,7 +59,10 @@ async def create_credential_definition(
 
     if result.txn and result.txn.transaction_id:
         await wait_for_transaction_ack(
-            aries_controller=aries_controller, transaction_id=result.txn.transaction_id
+            aries_controller=aries_controller,
+            transaction_id=result.txn.transaction_id,
+            max_attempts=CRED_DEF_ACK_TIMEOUT,
+            retry_delay=1,
         )
 
     if support_revocation:
diff --git a/app/util/transaction_acked.py b/app/util/transaction_acked.py
index 823fbe69d..c5721f31c 100644
--- a/app/util/transaction_acked.py
+++ b/app/util/transaction_acked.py
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 
 
 async def wait_for_transaction_ack(
-    aries_controller: AcaPyClient, transaction_id: str
+    aries_controller: AcaPyClient,
+    transaction_id: str,
+    max_attempts: int = 15,
+    retry_delay: int = 1,
 ) -> None:
     """
     Wait for the transaction to be acknowledged by the endorser.
@@ -25,8 +28,8 @@ async def wait_for_transaction_ack(
             field_name="state",
             expected_value="transaction_acked",
             logger=bound_logger,
-            max_attempts=10,
-            retry_delay=2,
+            max_attempts=max_attempts,
+            retry_delay=retry_delay,
         )
     except asyncio.TimeoutError as e:
         raise CloudApiException(
diff --git a/shared/constants.py b/shared/constants.py
index 6977ab1e4..e36fff6d0 100644
--- a/shared/constants.py
+++ b/shared/constants.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 MAX_NUM_RETRIES = int(os.getenv("MAX_NUM_RETRIES", "3"))
 
 # timeout for waiting for registries to be created
+CRED_DEF_ACK_TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv("CRED_DEF_ACK_TIMEOUT", "60"))
 REGISTRY_CREATION_TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv("REGISTRY_CREATION_TIMEOUT", "60"))
 REGISTRY_SIZE = int(os.getenv("REGISTRY_SIZE", "32767"))