diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/check-pr.yml
index 997acacd..5d496809 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-pr.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   check-pr:
     name: Check PR
+    timeout-minutes: 20
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       JAVA_OPTS: -Xss6M -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
diff --git a/consensus-client-it/src/test/scala/units/BaseItTestSuite.scala b/consensus-client-it/src/test/scala/units/BaseItTestSuite.scala
index deba508a..751950ba 100644
--- a/consensus-client-it/src/test/scala/units/BaseItTestSuite.scala
+++ b/consensus-client-it/src/test/scala/units/BaseItTestSuite.scala
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ trait BaseItTestSuite
 
   override protected def afterAll(): Unit = {
     stopNodes()
-    network.close()
+    // network.close()
     super.afterAll()
   }
 
diff --git a/consensus-client-it/src/test/scala/units/docker/EcContainer.scala b/consensus-client-it/src/test/scala/units/docker/EcContainer.scala
index bb73ec3f..ac5b69b0 100644
--- a/consensus-client-it/src/test/scala/units/docker/EcContainer.scala
+++ b/consensus-client-it/src/test/scala/units/docker/EcContainer.scala
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class EcContainer(network: NetworkImpl, number: Int, ip: String) extends BaseCon
         .withHostName(hostName)
         .withIpv4Address(ip)
         .withEntrypoint("/tmp/run.sh")
+        .withStopTimeout(5)
     }
 
   lazy val rpcPort    = container.getMappedPort(RpcPort)