diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4a39073232a0d7295064bece7e0b5cb7af2ba0ff..d00287aa4c9d0043a155ab6f2cfc572faacb2d48 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ test_PyWake:  # name the job what we like
   stage:  # build, test, deploy defined by default [2]
     test
   script:
-  - pip install -e .[test] --timeout 60
+  - pip install -e .[test] --timeout 120 --default-timeout=120
   - pytest
   tags:  # only runners with this tag can do the job [3]
   - ci-ubuntu