diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
index 702e88186..72e29141a 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export RUN_SECURITY_TESTS=${RUN_SECURITY_TESTS:-false}
 # By how much to scale the test_runner timeouts (option --timeout-factor).
 # This is needed because some ci machines have slow CPU or disk, so sanitizers
 # might be slow or a reindex might be waiting on disk IO.
-export TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR=${TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR:-4}
+export TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR=${TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR:-40}
 export TEST_RUNNER_ENV=${TEST_RUNNER_ENV:-}
 export RUN_FUZZ_TESTS=${RUN_FUZZ_TESTS:-false}
 export EXPECTED_TESTS_DURATION_IN_SECONDS=${EXPECTED_TESTS_DURATION_IN_SECONDS:-1000}