diff --git a/test cases/common/254 long output/meson.build b/test cases/common/254 long output/meson.build
index 6d8d62b22..145dcb478 100644
--- a/test cases/common/254 long output/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/common/254 long output/meson.build	
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('long-stderr', 'c')
 
 dumper = executable('dumper', 'dumper.c')
-test('dump-test', dumper)
-test('dump-test-TAP', dumper, protocol : 'tap')
+test('dump-test', dumper, timeout: 60)
+test('dump-test-TAP', dumper, protocol : 'tap', timeout: 60)