diff --git a/azure-pipeline.yml b/azure-pipeline.yml
index 55fa244459480e..e4395a7f69f4f1 100644
--- a/azure-pipeline.yml
+++ b/azure-pipeline.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ stages:
   - stage: "lint"
     jobs:
       - job: "lint"
+        timeoutInMinutes: 20 # how long to run the job before automatically cancelling
+        cancelTimeoutInMinutes: 20 # how much time to give 'run always even if cancelled tasks' before stopping them
         pool:
           vmImage: "ubuntu-latest"
         strategy: