diff --git a/.changelog/45245.txt b/.changelog/45245.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..18016bcc5cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/45245.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:enhancement
+resource/aws_opensearch_domain: Remove hardcoded delays before polling domain state during creation, update, and deletion operations
+```
diff --git a/internal/service/opensearch/wait.go b/internal/service/opensearch/wait.go
index 1c1a7a560851..3a829d5768d8 100644
--- a/internal/service/opensearch/wait.go
+++ b/internal/service/opensearch/wait.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func waitForDomainCreation(ctx context.Context, conn *opensearch.Client, domainN
 
 		return tfresource.RetryableError(
 			fmt.Errorf("%q: Timeout while waiting for OpenSearch Domain to be created", domainName))
-	}, tfresource.WithDelay(10*time.Minute), tfresource.WithPollInterval(10*time.Second))
+	}, tfresource.WithPollInterval(10*time.Second))
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("waiting for OpenSearch Domain to be created: %w", err)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func waitForDomainUpdate(ctx context.Context, conn *opensearch.Client, domainNam
 
 		return tfresource.RetryableError(
 			fmt.Errorf("%q: Timeout while waiting for changes to be processed", domainName))
-	}, tfresource.WithDelay(1*time.Minute), tfresource.WithPollInterval(10*time.Second))
+	}, tfresource.WithPollInterval(10*time.Second))
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("waiting for OpenSearch Domain changes to be processed: %w", err)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func waitForDomainDelete(ctx context.Context, conn *opensearch.Client, domainNam
 		}
 
 		return tfresource.RetryableError(fmt.Errorf("timeout while waiting for the OpenSearch Domain %q to be deleted", domainName))
-	}, tfresource.WithDelay(10*time.Minute), tfresource.WithPollInterval(10*time.Second))
+	}, tfresource.WithPollInterval(10*time.Second))
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("waiting for OpenSearch Domain to be deleted: %w", err)