diff --git a/test/e2e/.mocharc.js b/test/e2e/.mocharc.js
index 6eafe376..c20016ad 100644
--- a/test/e2e/.mocharc.js
+++ b/test/e2e/.mocharc.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module.exports = {
   fullTrace: true,
   asyncOnly: false,
   spec: ['test/e2e/**/*.spec.js'],
-  timeout: 999_000, // spinning up a CHT instance takes a little long
+  timeout: 120_000, // spinning up a CHT instance takes a little long
   reporter: 'spec',
   file: ['test/e2e/hooks.js'],
   captureFile: 'test/e2e/results.txt',