diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/open.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/open.go
index b49dce72fe7925c1f9ed2d2ffd9b7b66cc70f2ab..3a5e10c755c73856a84c3df6fb53a51be4589869 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/open.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/open.go
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ You can add one by annotating a service with the label {{.labelName}}:{{.addonNa
 		for i := range serviceList.Items {
 			svc := serviceList.Items[i].ObjectMeta.Name
 			var urlString []string
-
 			if urlString, err = service.WaitForService(co.API, namespace, svc, addonsURLTemplate, addonsURLMode, https, wait, interval); err != nil {
 				exit.WithCodeT(exit.Unavailable, "Wait failed: {{.error}}", out.V{"error": err})
 			}
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/dashboard.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/dashboard.go
index 51957e4b5889faacd78cbb91ad952bf08aa64c11..cba6f43c227106f7636793ed2bdfbc88e90ad8c2 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/dashboard.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/dashboard.go
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ var dashboardCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		svc := "kubernetes-dashboard"
 		out.ErrT(out.Verifying, "Verifying dashboard health ...")
 		checkSVC := func() error { return service.CheckService(ns, svc) }
-		if err = retry.Expo(checkSVC, 1*time.Second, time.Minute*5); err != nil {
+		// for slow machines or parallels in CI to avoid #7503
+		if err = retry.Expo(checkSVC, 100*time.Microsecond, time.Minute*10); err != nil {
 			exit.WithCodeT(exit.Unavailable, "dashboard service is not running: {{.error}}", out.V{"error": err})
 		}
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ var dashboardCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 		out.ErrT(out.Verifying, "Verifying proxy health ...")
 		chkURL := func() error { return checkURL(url) }
-		if err = retry.Expo(chkURL, 1*time.Second, 3*time.Minute); err != nil {
+		if err = retry.Expo(chkURL, 100*time.Microsecond, 10*time.Minute); err != nil {
 			exit.WithCodeT(exit.Unavailable, "{{.url}} is not accessible: {{.error}}", out.V{"url": url, "error": err})
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/addons/addons.go b/pkg/addons/addons.go
index b39ee3f60174277a2d7b2f917c19a51acbe9799f..3b5666e9ddbce2b8e5e8f94eacd4a1689bd91a87 100644
--- a/pkg/addons/addons.go
+++ b/pkg/addons/addons.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func enableOrDisableAddonInternal(cc *config.ClusterConfig, addon *assets.Addon,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return retry.Expo(apply, 1*time.Second, time.Second*30)
+	return retry.Expo(apply, 100*time.Microsecond, time.Minute)
 }
 
 // enableOrDisableStorageClasses enables or disables storage classes
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
index 3ae20295e46768848af09e219927074d3bed9a07..c91f4b6f7c103ba15ebdb567f0aa0ed5bf014ad2 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ func (k *Bootstrapper) restartCluster(cfg config.ClusterConfig) error {
 		_, err := k.c.RunCmd(exec.Command("/bin/bash", "-c", fmt.Sprintf("%s phase addon all --config %s", baseCmd, conf)))
 		return err
 	}
-	if err = retry.Expo(addonPhase, 1*time.Second, 30*time.Second); err != nil {
+	if err = retry.Expo(addonPhase, 100*time.Microsecond, 30*time.Second); err != nil {
 		glog.Warningf("addon install failed, wil retry: %v", err)
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "addons")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/provision/buildroot.go b/pkg/provision/buildroot.go
index 2f630f9332499fd384c9e7eb1e629e23be0e917c..50fb6a28ae985d98af08b36e6f2f7cf74c80d5e7 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/buildroot.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/buildroot.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func (p *BuildrootProvisioner) Provision(swarmOptions swarm.Options, authOptions
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	err := retry.Expo(configAuth, time.Second, 2*time.Minute)
+	err := retry.Expo(configAuth, 100*time.Microsecond, 2*time.Minute)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Infof("Error configuring auth during provisioning %v", err)
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go b/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go
index 3fbf006b69f7654b05214f7e191a2bb9fd1790ed..29349cd66c08fe5c4e44401cd83266edbb3327f4 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (p *UbuntuProvisioner) Provision(swarmOptions swarm.Options, authOptions au
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	err := retry.Expo(configAuth, time.Second, 2*time.Minute)
+	err := retry.Expo(configAuth, 100*time.Microsecond, 2*time.Minute)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Infof("Error configuring auth during provisioning %v", err)