diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 3b0f48aa2c..882fba52ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         make clean_coverage
 
     - name: make radical_local_test
-      timeout-minutes: 20
+      timeout-minutes: 10
       run: |
         make radical_local_test