diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index a3bf6e0d4a..3957205405 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
 
   validate-prepare:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    timeout-minutes: 120 # guardrails timeout for the whole job
+    timeout-minutes: 10 # guardrails timeout for the whole job
     needs:
       - validate-dco
     outputs:
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
 
   validate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    timeout-minutes: 120 # guardrails timeout for the whole job
+    timeout-minutes: 30 # guardrails timeout for the whole job
     needs:
       - validate-prepare
       - build-dev
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
 
   smoke-prepare:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    timeout-minutes: 120 # guardrails timeout for the whole job
+    timeout-minutes: 10 # guardrails timeout for the whole job
     needs:
       - validate-dco
     outputs:
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
 
   smoke:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    timeout-minutes: 120 # guardrails timeout for the whole job
+    timeout-minutes: 20 # guardrails timeout for the whole job
     needs:
       - smoke-prepare
     strategy: