diff --git a/tests/rp_cloud_cleanup.py b/tests/rp_cloud_cleanup.py
index 036c59015b6c..68b9744c4297 100644
--- a/tests/rp_cloud_cleanup.py
+++ b/tests/rp_cloud_cleanup.py
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ def __init__(self, log_level=logging.INFO):
 
         # Fugure out which time was 36h back
         self.back_36h = datetime.now() - timedelta(hours=36)
+        self.back_8h = datetime.now() - timedelta(hours=8)
 
     def load_globals(self, path):
         _gconfig = {}
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ def get_net_id_from_nat(nat):
 
         return
 
-    def clean_buckets(self, mask=None):
+    def clean_buckets(self, mask=None, eight_hours=False):
         """
             Function list buckets on S3 for cloud cluster storage
             and cleans them up if corresponding cluster is deleted/not exists.
@@ -508,16 +509,17 @@ def clean_buckets(self, mask=None):
                           "Will not delete all buckets for account")
             return
         else:
-            self.log.info(f"# Listing buckets usign '{mask}'")
+            self.log.info(f"# Listing buckets using '{mask}'")
             buckets = self.provider.list_buckets(mask=mask)
             self.log.info(f"# Found buckets: {len(buckets)}")
             for bucket in buckets:
                 self.log.info(f"-> Processing '{bucket['Name']}'")
                 # Check creation time
                 created = bucket['CreationDate']
-                if created.timestamp() > self.back_36h.timestamp():
+                ts = self.back_8h if eight_hours else self.back_36h
+                if created.timestamp() > ts.timestamp():
                     _d = created.strftime(ns_name_date_fmt)
-                    self.log.info(f"...36h not passed; created at {_d}'; "
+                    self.log.info(f"...8h not passed; created at {_d}'; "
                                   "skipped")
                     continue
                 # Do not need to check the cluster status in CloudV2 API
@@ -602,7 +604,7 @@ def cleanup_entrypoint():
 
     # Clean buckets for deleted clusters and networks
     if clean_buckets:
-        cleaner.clean_buckets(mask="panda-bucket-")
+        cleaner.clean_buckets(mask="panda-bucket-", eight_hours=True)
         cleaner.clean_buckets(mask="redpanda-cloud-storage-")
         cleaner.clean_buckets(mask="redpanda-network-logs-")