diff --git a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
index eb4701e5..18479bac 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ initNodeFinished:
 	for _, node := range cluster.Nodes {
 		if node.Role == k3d.MasterRole {
 
+			time.Sleep(1) // FIXME: arbitrary wait for one second to avoid race conditions of masters registering
 			// skip the init node here
 			if node == cluster.InitNode {
 				continue