diff --git a/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/kubevirtci/kubevirtci-presubmits.yaml b/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/kubevirtci/kubevirtci-presubmits.yaml
index f4b8469f9c0..b341da439b2 100644
--- a/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/kubevirtci/kubevirtci-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/github/ci/prow-deploy/files/jobs/kubevirt/kubevirtci/kubevirtci-presubmits.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ presubmits:
     optional: false
     decorate: true
     decoration_config:
-      timeout: 2h
+      timeout: 4h
     max_concurrency: 1
     labels:
       preset-dind-enabled: "true"
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ presubmits:
         - "-c"
         - >
             trap "echo teardown && make cluster-down" EXIT ERR SIGINT SIGTERM &&
+            PR="645" && BRANCH="pr$PR" && git fetch "https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirtci" pull/$PR/head:$BRANCH &&
+            git checkout $BRANCH &&
             make cluster-up &&
             ./cluster-up/cluster/kind/check-cluster-up.sh
         # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode