diff --git a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/construct-hub.test.ts.snap b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/construct-hub.test.ts.snap
index 624d4e5cc..e27f18236 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/construct-hub.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/construct-hub.test.ts.snap
@@ -6227,7 +6227,7 @@ Warning: messages that resulted in a failed exectuion will NOT be in the DLQ!",
           "S3Bucket": {
             "Fn::Sub": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-\${AWS::AccountId}-\${AWS::Region}",
           },
-          "S3Key": "6ea9d0f75d11fd237e6cc8ca5942cd376627b88a0c879dd1a059229b4c16c99e.zip",
+          "S3Key": "f35e9d47e70f3152134a4206a20e5c973ac990109faf4d9630a846377a8f13a9.zip",
         },
         "Description": "[ConstructHub/Redrive] Manually redrives all messages from the backend dead letter queue",
         "Environment": {
@@ -20505,7 +20505,7 @@ Warning: messages that resulted in a failed exectuion will NOT be in the DLQ!",
           "S3Bucket": {
             "Fn::Sub": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-\${AWS::AccountId}-\${AWS::Region}",
           },
-          "S3Key": "6ea9d0f75d11fd237e6cc8ca5942cd376627b88a0c879dd1a059229b4c16c99e.zip",
+          "S3Key": "f35e9d47e70f3152134a4206a20e5c973ac990109faf4d9630a846377a8f13a9.zip",
         },
         "Description": "[ConstructHub/Redrive] Manually redrives all messages from the backend dead letter queue",
         "Environment": {
@@ -34493,7 +34493,7 @@ Warning: messages that resulted in a failed exectuion will NOT be in the DLQ!",
           "S3Bucket": {
             "Fn::Sub": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-\${AWS::AccountId}-\${AWS::Region}",
           },
-          "S3Key": "6ea9d0f75d11fd237e6cc8ca5942cd376627b88a0c879dd1a059229b4c16c99e.zip",
+          "S3Key": "f35e9d47e70f3152134a4206a20e5c973ac990109faf4d9630a846377a8f13a9.zip",
         },
         "Description": "[ConstructHub/Redrive] Manually redrives all messages from the backend dead letter queue",
         "Environment": {
@@ -48565,7 +48565,7 @@ Warning: messages that resulted in a failed exectuion will NOT be in the DLQ!",
           "S3Bucket": {
             "Fn::Sub": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-\${AWS::AccountId}-\${AWS::Region}",
           },
-          "S3Key": "6ea9d0f75d11fd237e6cc8ca5942cd376627b88a0c879dd1a059229b4c16c99e.zip",
+          "S3Key": "f35e9d47e70f3152134a4206a20e5c973ac990109faf4d9630a846377a8f13a9.zip",
         },
         "Description": "[ConstructHub/Redrive] Manually redrives all messages from the backend dead letter queue",
         "Environment": {
@@ -62552,7 +62552,7 @@ Warning: messages that resulted in a failed exectuion will NOT be in the DLQ!",
           "S3Bucket": {
             "Fn::Sub": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-\${AWS::AccountId}-\${AWS::Region}",
           },
-          "S3Key": "6ea9d0f75d11fd237e6cc8ca5942cd376627b88a0c879dd1a059229b4c16c99e.zip",
+          "S3Key": "f35e9d47e70f3152134a4206a20e5c973ac990109faf4d9630a846377a8f13a9.zip",
         },
         "Description": "[ConstructHub/Redrive] Manually redrives all messages from the backend dead letter queue",
         "Environment": {
diff --git a/src/__tests__/devapp/__snapshots__/snapshot.test.ts.snap b/src/__tests__/devapp/__snapshots__/snapshot.test.ts.snap
index bf55cb6b3..6fd98f419 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/devapp/__snapshots__/snapshot.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/__tests__/devapp/__snapshots__/snapshot.test.ts.snap
@@ -6443,7 +6443,7 @@ Warning: messages that resulted in a failed exectuion will NOT be in the DLQ!",
           "S3Bucket": {
             "Fn::Sub": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-\${AWS::AccountId}-\${AWS::Region}",
           },
-          "S3Key": "6ea9d0f75d11fd237e6cc8ca5942cd376627b88a0c879dd1a059229b4c16c99e.zip",
+          "S3Key": "f35e9d47e70f3152134a4206a20e5c973ac990109faf4d9630a846377a8f13a9.zip",
         },
         "Description": "[ConstructHub/Redrive] Manually redrives all messages from the backend dead letter queue",
         "Environment": {
diff --git a/src/backend/orchestration/redrive-state-machine.lambda.ts b/src/backend/orchestration/redrive-state-machine.lambda.ts
index 4a86e9b2c..6d364e619 100644
--- a/src/backend/orchestration/redrive-state-machine.lambda.ts
+++ b/src/backend/orchestration/redrive-state-machine.lambda.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ async function* messagesToRedrive(queueUrl: string) {
     result = await SQS_CLIENT.send(
       new ReceiveMessageCommand({
         QueueUrl: queueUrl,
-        VisibilityTimeout: 900, // 15 minutes
+        VisibilityTimeout: 60,
+        WaitTimeSeconds: 3, // sometimes larger messages need a bit before being received
       })
     );
     if (result.Messages) {