diff --git a/tests/base-notebook/test_package_managers.py b/tests/base-notebook/test_package_managers.py
index 2ca16ec7..d831b1e6 100644
--- a/tests/base-notebook/test_package_managers.py
+++ b/tests/base-notebook/test_package_managers.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def test_package_manager(
         f"Test that the package manager {package_manager} is working properly ..."
     )
     container.run_and_wait(
-        timeout=30,
+        timeout=5,
         tty=True,
         command=["start.sh", "bash", "-c", f"{package_manager} {version_arg}"],
     )
diff --git a/tests/minimal-notebook/test_nbconvert.py b/tests/minimal-notebook/test_nbconvert.py
index 54345545..dabeba4d 100644
--- a/tests/minimal-notebook/test_nbconvert.py
+++ b/tests/minimal-notebook/test_nbconvert.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def test_nbconvert(
     )
     command = f"jupyter nbconvert {cont_data_dir}/{test_file}.ipynb --output-dir {output_dir} --to {output_format}"
     logs = container.run_and_wait(
-        timeout=120,
+        timeout=30,
         volumes={str(host_data_dir): {"bind": cont_data_dir, "mode": "ro"}},
         tty=True,
         command=["start.sh", "bash", "-c", command],