diff --git a/.github/template_gitref b/.github/template_gitref
index 5df480f7..3e378489 100644
--- a/.github/template_gitref
+++ b/.github/template_gitref
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2021.08.26-378-g72f4b38
+2021.08.26-379-gece49c9
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
index d95b372f..4f8c76ca 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ if [ -f "$FUNC_TEST_SCRIPT" ]; then
 else
   if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" =~ "Nightly" ]]
   then
-    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_deb.tests.functional -m parallel -n 8 --nightly"
-    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_deb.tests.functional -m 'not parallel' --nightly"
+    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v --timeout=300 -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_deb.tests.functional -m parallel -n 8 --nightly"
+    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v --timeout=300 -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_deb.tests.functional -m 'not parallel' --nightly"
   else
-    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_deb.tests.functional -m parallel -n 8"
-    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_deb.tests.functional -m 'not parallel'"
+    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v --timeout=300 -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_deb.tests.functional -m parallel -n 8"
+    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v --timeout=300 -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_deb.tests.functional -m 'not parallel'"
   fi
 fi
 export PULP_FIXTURES_URL="http://pulp-fixtures:8080"
diff --git a/functest_requirements.txt b/functest_requirements.txt
index d9cc9819..ea12a245 100644
--- a/functest_requirements.txt
+++ b/functest_requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ pytest-custom_exit_code
 pytest-xdist
 trustme~=1.0.0
 proxy.py~=2.4.3
+pytest-timeout