diff --git a/test/cli/object.js b/test/cli/object.js
index 5bb5c7787b..a3f18e75d8 100644
--- a/test/cli/object.js
+++ b/test/cli/object.js
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ describe('object', () => runOnAndOff((thing) => {
   })
 
   it('get with data', () => {
+    this.timeout(15 * 1000)
+
     return ipfs('object new')
       .then((out) => out.trim())
       .then((hash) => ipfs(`object patch set-data ${hash} test/fixtures/test-data/hello`))
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ describe('object', () => runOnAndOff((thing) => {
   })
 
   it('get while overriding data-encoding', () => {
+    this.timeout(15 * 1000)
+
     return ipfs('object new')
       .then((out) => out.trim())
       .then((hash) => ipfs(`object patch set-data ${hash} test/fixtures/test-data/hello`))