diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index cbb271de0db5da23a7a59e4a4a26ba074df58aa3..f851deafe0ac3bddd597cd3e39470691aba82a7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ jobs:
           chmod a+x e2e-*
           chmod a+x minikube-*
           START_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
-          KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--driver=docker  -test.run "(TestPause|TestPreload|TestDockerFlags)" -test.timeout=15m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=1.5 -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
+          KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--driver=docker  -test.run "(TestPause|TestPreload|TestDockerFlags)" -test.timeout=20m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=1.5 -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
           END_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
           TIME_ELAPSED=$(($END_TIME-$START_TIME))
           min=$((${TIME_ELAPSED}/60))
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ jobs:
           chmod a+x e2e-*
           chmod a+x minikube-*
           START_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
-          KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-darwin-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=virtualbox  -test.run "(TestPause|TestPreload|TestDockerFlags)" -test.timeout=15m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=1.5 -binary=./minikube-darwin-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
+          KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-darwin-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=virtualbox  -test.run "(TestPause|TestPreload|TestDockerFlags)" -test.timeout=20m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=1.5 -binary=./minikube-darwin-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
           END_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
           TIME_ELAPSED=$(($END_TIME-$START_TIME))
           min=$((${TIME_ELAPSED}/60))
diff --git a/test/integration/pause_test.go b/test/integration/pause_test.go
index 4b711c81901fad751255548a4c8d42f27542641e..d1a2525f431c03235166ea06cb9fac5fa5525c14 100644
--- a/test/integration/pause_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/pause_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/minikube/cmd/minikube/cmd"
 )
 
 func TestPause(t *testing.T) {
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ func TestPause(t *testing.T) {
 			{"Start", validateFreshStart},
 			{"SecondStartNoReconfiguration", validateStartNoReconfigure},
 			{"Pause", validatePause},
+			{"VerifyStatus", validateStatus},
 			{"Unpause", validateUnpause},
 			{"PauseAgain", validatePause},
 			{"DeletePaused", validateDelete},
@@ -166,3 +169,20 @@ func validateVerifyDeleted(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func validateStatus(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
+	defer PostMortemLogs(t, profile)
+
+	statusOutput := runStatusCmd(ctx, t, profile, false)
+	var cs cmd.ClusterState
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(statusOutput, &cs); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshalling: %v", err)
+	}
+	// verify the status looks as we expect
+	if cs.StatusCode != cmd.Paused {
+		t.Fatalf("incorrect status code: %v", cs.StatusCode)
+	}
+	if cs.StatusName != "Paused" {
+		t.Fatalf("incorrect status name: %v", cs.StatusName)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/status_test.go b/test/integration/status_test.go
index 9980d0a4c6b17262a984e4fba007631385fd29b1..acdc2bd91aaf95a41d5e888b0b91d575aeb5f8b4 100644
--- a/test/integration/status_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/status_test.go
@@ -98,41 +98,3 @@ func verifyClusterState(t *testing.T, contents []byte) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func TestPauseStatus(t *testing.T) {
-	// run start
-	profile := UniqueProfileName("pause-status")
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), Minutes(5))
-	defer Cleanup(t, profile, cancel)
-
-	startArgs := []string{"start", "-p", profile, "--output=json", "--wait=true"}
-	startArgs = append(startArgs, StartArgs()...)
-	c := exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), startArgs...)
-
-	rr, err := Run(t, c)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("minikube start failed %v\n%v", rr.Command(), err)
-	}
-
-	// run pause
-	pauseArgs := []string{"pause", "-p", profile}
-	c = exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), pauseArgs...)
-	rr, err = Run(t, c)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("minikube pause failed %v\n%v", rr.Command(), err)
-	}
-
-	// run status
-	statusOutput := runStatusCmd(context.Background(), t, profile, false)
-	var cs cmd.ClusterState
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(statusOutput, &cs); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unmarshalling: %v", err)
-	}
-	// verify the status looks as we expect
-	if cs.StatusCode != cmd.Paused {
-		t.Fatalf("incorrect status code: %v", cs.StatusCode)
-	}
-	if cs.StatusName != "Paused" {
-		t.Fatalf("incorrect status name: %v", cs.StatusName)
-	}
-}