diff --git a/roles/controller/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/controller/tasks/main.yaml
index fa882a07dd2cae31d2682615b36a10259fb0c68a..7ce455a8340d28c47cca806585953caed265e391 100644
--- a/roles/controller/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/controller/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@
     url: "{{ item }}"
     dest: "{{ tmpdir.path }}"
     mode: 0664
+    timeout: 600 # tigera-operator manifest is large, so increase timeout from 10s default
   loop:
-    - https://projectcalico.docs.tigera.io/manifests/tigera-operator.yaml
-    - https://projectcalico.docs.tigera.io/manifests/custom-resources.yaml
+    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectcalico/calico/v3.24.5/manifests/tigera-operator.yaml
+    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectcalico/calico/v3.24.5/manifests/custom-resources.yaml
 
 - name: Ensure Calico Pod CIDR is correct
   ansible.builtin.lineinfile: