diff --git a/.github/workflows/rest-framework-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/rest-framework-tests.yml
index 591f9cabf27..7f857b4c05c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rest-framework-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rest-framework-tests.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # no celery or initializer needed for unit tests
       - name: Unit tests
-        timeout-minutes: 15
+        timeout-minutes: 20
         run: docker compose up --no-deps --exit-code-from uwsgi uwsgi
         env:
           DJANGO_VERSION: ${{ matrix.os }}