diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1cef3fac9..3b705cb8f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@
       - **Improvement:** Add validation to Name field of model struct `Cluster`
       - **Feature:** New model struct `Audit`
       - **Feature:** Add Audit (type Audit) field to model struct `CreateOrUpdateClusterPayload`
+  - [v1.20.0](services/ske/CHANGELOG.md#v1200)
+    - Package `v2api`:
+      - **Fix:** Increased timeout in `DeleteClusterWaitHandler` to 90 min
+    - Deprecated SDK layer in root of the module:
+      - **Fix:** Increased timeout in `DeleteClusterWaitHandler` to 90 min
+
 - `sqlserverflex`: 
   - [v1.14.0](services/sqlserverflex/CHANGELOG.md#v1140)
     - `v3beta2api`: **New:** New package which can be used for communication with the sqlserverflex v3beta2 API
diff --git a/services/ske/CHANGELOG.md b/services/ske/CHANGELOG.md
index f2f5b9083..41c14d016 100644
--- a/services/ske/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/services/ske/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## v1.20.0
+- Package `v2api`:
+  - **Fix:** Increased timeout in `DeleteClusterWaitHandler` to 90 min
+- Deprecated SDK layer in root of the module:
+  - **Fix:** Increased timeout in `DeleteClusterWaitHandler` to 90 min
+
 ## v1.19.0
 - Package `v1api`:
   - **Improvement:** Add validation to Name field of model struct `Cluster`
diff --git a/services/ske/VERSION b/services/ske/VERSION
index 40a06c501..c858d1e14 100644
--- a/services/ske/VERSION
+++ b/services/ske/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.19.0
+v1.20.0
diff --git a/services/ske/v2api/wait/wait.go b/services/ske/v2api/wait/wait.go
index aa3398852..f574559e1 100644
--- a/services/ske/v2api/wait/wait.go
+++ b/services/ske/v2api/wait/wait.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func DeleteClusterWaitHandler(ctx context.Context, a ske.DefaultAPI, projectId,
 		}
 		return true, s, nil
 	})
-	handler.SetTimeout(45 * time.Minute)
+	handler.SetTimeout(90 * time.Minute)
 	return handler
 }
 
diff --git a/services/ske/wait/wait.go b/services/ske/wait/wait.go
index 5ee3d8941..98e6385a3 100644
--- a/services/ske/wait/wait.go
+++ b/services/ske/wait/wait.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func DeleteClusterWaitHandler(ctx context.Context, a APIClientClusterInterface,
 		}
 		return true, s, nil
 	})
-	handler.SetTimeout(45 * time.Minute)
+	handler.SetTimeout(90 * time.Minute)
 	return handler
 }