diff --git a/tests/adhoc.test.ts b/tests/adhoc.test.ts
index 5e6d606..2337396 100644
--- a/tests/adhoc.test.ts
+++ b/tests/adhoc.test.ts
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ describe('apple adhoc runs (mocked App Store Connect)', () => {
     expect(out).toContain('Old pad (aaaa…aaab) not registered');
     expect(err).toBe('1 of 2 device(s) not registered');
     expect(leaks(out + err)).toEqual([]);
-  });
+  }, 20_000); // signs an ES256 token and runs two POSTs: over 5 s on a busy CI runner
 
   test('register --udid with a bad UDID fails before any call, masked', async () => {
     ascKey();