diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 91db43ea..3177ce2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl -p forkpress-cli --bin forkpress
 
       - name: COW strategy e2e
+        timeout-minutes: 45
         run: tests/cow/e2e.sh target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/forkpress
 
       - name: Build dev dist bundle
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo build --release --target ${{ matrix.target }} -p forkpress-cli --bin forkpress
 
       - name: COW strategy e2e through APFS sparsebundle
+        timeout-minutes: 45
         run: tests/cow/e2e.sh target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/forkpress
         env:
           FORKPRESS_FORCE_MACOS_APFS_SPARSEBUNDLE: "1"