diff --git a/templates-updates.fif.json b/templates-updates.fif.json
index 6169ade7..47f95a64 100644
--- a/templates-updates.fif.json
+++ b/templates-updates.fif.json
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
                 "BOOTFROM": "c",
                 "HDD_1": "disk_f%VERSION%_minimal_3_%ARCH%.qcow2",
                 "HDDSIZEGB_3": "25",
-                "MAX_JOB_TIME": "12600",
+                "MAX_JOB_TIME": "10800",
                 "+NUMDISKS": "3",
                 "POSTINSTALL": "_ostree_build",
                 "ROOT_PASSWORD": "weakpassword",
diff --git a/tests/_ostree_build.pm b/tests/_ostree_build.pm
index 022a79aa..8d7ba532 100644
--- a/tests/_ostree_build.pm
+++ b/tests/_ostree_build.pm
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ sub run {
     $cmd .= " --repo=/etc/yum.repos.d/advisory.repo" unless ($tag);
     $cmd .= " --repo=/etc/yum.repos.d/openqa-testtag.repo" if ($tag);
     $cmd .= " ./results";
-    assert_script_run $cmd, 9000;
+    assert_script_run $cmd, 7000;
     # good to have the log around for checks
     upload_logs "lorax.log", failok => 1;
     assert_script_run "mv results/images/boot.iso ./${advortask}-${subv}-ostree-${arch}.iso";