diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
index 8bccd51c6dd69..a9398e4ab06a0 100644
--- a/.config/nextest.toml
+++ b/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [profile.default]
-slow-timeout = "1m"
+slow-timeout = { period = "20s", terminate-after = 3 }