diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d00287aa4c9d0043a155ab6f2cfc572faacb2d48..c9ad329c22397a62818a2da41f4148a2d06d951a 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 120 --default-timeout=120
+  - pip install -e .[test] --timeout 300 --default-timeout=300
   - pytest
   tags:  # only runners with this tag can do the job [3]
   - ci-ubuntu