diff --git a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/emr.py b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/emr.py
index 5ad2d241f3ce8..2b553a4f8851a 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/emr.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/emr.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowNotFoundException
 from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.hooks.base_aws import AwsBaseHook
 from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.utils.waiter import get_state, waiter
+from airflow.utils.helpers import prune_dict
 
 
 class EmrHook(AwsBaseHook):
@@ -130,6 +131,8 @@ def add_job_flow_steps(
         job_flow_id: str,
         steps: list[dict] | str | None = None,
         wait_for_completion: bool = False,
+        waiter_delay: int | None = None,
+        waiter_max_attempts: int | None = None,
         execution_role_arn: str | None = None,
     ) -> list[str]:
         """
@@ -138,6 +141,8 @@ def add_job_flow_steps(
         :param job_flow_id: The id of the job flow to which the steps are being added
         :param steps: A list of the steps to be executed by the job flow
         :param wait_for_completion: If True, wait for the steps to be completed. Default is False
+        :param waiter_delay: The amount of time in seconds to wait between attempts. Default is 5
+        :param waiter_max_attempts: The maximum number of attempts to be made. Default is 100
         :param execution_role_arn: The ARN of the runtime role for a step on the cluster.
         """
         config = {}
@@ -155,10 +160,12 @@ def add_job_flow_steps(
                 waiter.wait(
                     ClusterId=job_flow_id,
                     StepId=step_id,
-                    WaiterConfig={
-                        "Delay": 5,
-                        "MaxAttempts": 100,
-                    },
+                    WaiterConfig=prune_dict(
+                        {
+                            "Delay": waiter_delay,
+                            "MaxAttempts": waiter_max_attempts,
+                        }
+                    ),
                 )
         return response["StepIds"]
 
diff --git a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/emr.py b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/emr.py
index 7bc81e3d4d688..ab3de9d2bdccb 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/emr.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/emr.py
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ def __init__(
         aws_conn_id: str = "aws_default",
         steps: list[dict] | str | None = None,
         wait_for_completion: bool = False,
+        waiter_delay: int | None = None,
+        waiter_max_attempts: int | None = None,
         execution_role_arn: str | None = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
@@ -92,6 +94,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.cluster_states = cluster_states
         self.steps = steps
         self.wait_for_completion = wait_for_completion
+        self.waiter_delay = waiter_delay
+        self.waiter_max_attempts = waiter_max_attempts
         self.execution_role_arn = execution_role_arn
 
     def execute(self, context: Context) -> list[str]:
@@ -126,6 +130,8 @@ def execute(self, context: Context) -> list[str]:
             job_flow_id=job_flow_id,
             steps=steps,
             wait_for_completion=self.wait_for_completion,
+            waiter_delay=self.waiter_delay,
+            waiter_max_attempts=self.waiter_max_attempts,
             execution_role_arn=self.execution_role_arn,
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/operators/test_emr_add_steps.py b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/operators/test_emr_add_steps.py
index 7ac459f398200..6f9c1c1b45922 100644
--- a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/operators/test_emr_add_steps.py
+++ b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/operators/test_emr_add_steps.py
@@ -224,5 +224,7 @@ def test_wait_for_completion(self, mock_add_job_flow_steps):
             job_flow_id=job_flow_id,
             steps=[],
             wait_for_completion=False,
+            waiter_delay=None,
+            waiter_max_attempts=None,
             execution_role_arn=None,
         )