diff --git a/ibis/tests/benchmarks/test_benchmarks.py b/ibis/tests/benchmarks/test_benchmarks.py
index 03e6d1df16a5..b48bd894a910 100644
--- a/ibis/tests/benchmarks/test_benchmarks.py
+++ b/ibis/tests/benchmarks/test_benchmarks.py
@@ -880,6 +880,7 @@ def lots_of_tables(tmp_path_factory):
     return ibis.duckdb.connect(db)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.timeout(60)
 def test_memtable_register(lots_of_tables, benchmark):
     t = ibis.memtable({"x": [1, 2, 3]})
     result = benchmark(lots_of_tables.execute, t)