diff --git a/charms/kserve-controller/tests/integration/hugginface-bert.yaml b/charms/kserve-controller/tests/integration/hugginface-bert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d662fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charms/kserve-controller/tests/integration/hugginface-bert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: serving.kserve.io/v1beta1
+kind: InferenceService
+metadata:
+  name: huggingface-bert
+spec:
+  predictor:
+    model:
+      modelFormat:
+        name: huggingface
+      args:
+        - --model_name=bert
+        - --model_id=google-bert/bert-base-uncased
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpu: 1
+          memory: 500Mi
+        requests:
+          cpu: 100m
+          memory: 250Mi
diff --git a/charms/kserve-controller/tests/integration/test_charm.py b/charms/kserve-controller/tests/integration/test_charm.py
index 0090b09..bbb1af6 100644
--- a/charms/kserve-controller/tests/integration/test_charm.py
+++ b/charms/kserve-controller/tests/integration/test_charm.py
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ def create_namespace():
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "inference_file",
     [
+        "./tests/integration/hugginface-bert.yaml",
         "./tests/integration/sklearn-iris.yaml",
         "./tests/integration/lgbserver.yaml",
         "./tests/integration/pmml-server.yaml",
@@ -300,8 +301,8 @@ def create_inf_svc():
 
     # Assert InferenceService state is Available
     @tenacity.retry(
-        wait=tenacity.wait_exponential(multiplier=1, min=1, max=15),
-        stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(30),
+        wait=tenacity.wait_exponential(multiplier=1, min=1, max=30),
+        stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(60),
         reraise=True,
     )
     def assert_inf_svc_state():