diff --git a/dedal/tests/unit_tests/utils_test.py b/dedal/tests/unit_tests/utils_test.py
index cd47860602b6624f59e8fb7c06c7c156608e3eb3..6bb6eda9a43d3e592d5d73bc31842e2955a5afa0 100644
--- a/dedal/tests/unit_tests/utils_test.py
+++ b/dedal/tests/unit_tests/utils_test.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def test_run_command_success(mocker):
     mock_logger = MagicMock()
     result = run_command('bash',  '-c', 'echo hello', logger=mock_logger, info_msg="Running echo")
     mock_logger.info.assert_called_with("Running echo: args: ('bash', '-c', 'echo hello')")
-    mock_subprocess.assert_called_once_with(('bash', '-c', 'echo hello'))
+    mock_subprocess.assert_called_once_with(('bash', '-c', 'echo hello'), timeout=600)
     assert result.returncode == 0