diff --git a/dev-python/pyrate-limiter/pyrate-limiter-3.9.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pyrate-limiter/pyrate-limiter-3.9.0.ebuild
index 7435a7cad960b..1712d84d9022b 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyrate-limiter/pyrate-limiter-3.9.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyrate-limiter/pyrate-limiter-3.9.0.ebuild
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
 )
 EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-{asyncio,rerunfailures} )
 EPYTEST_RERUNS=5
+: "${EPYTEST_TIMEOUT:=60}"
 EPYTEST_XDIST=1
 
 distutils_enable_sphinx docs \