diff --git a/ci/test_python.sh b/ci/test_python.sh
index 825d5b242d5..df0f34377a3 100755
--- a/ci/test_python.sh
+++ b/ci/test_python.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ popd
 
 rapids-logger "pytest cugraph"
 pushd python/cugraph/cugraph
-export DASK_WORKER_DEVICES="0"
+DASK_WORKER_DEVICES="0" \
+DASK_DISTRIBUTED__SCHEDULER__WORKER_TTL="1000s" \
+DASK_DISTRIBUTED__COMM__TIMEOUTS__CONNECT="1000s" \
+DASK_CUDA_WAIT_WORKERS_MIN_TIMEOUT=20 \
 pytest \
   -v \
   --benchmark-disable \
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel.sh b/ci/test_wheel.sh
index 3ac3549f143..d6ec67cd9e9 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel.sh
@@ -21,5 +21,9 @@ arch=$(uname -m)
 if [[ "${arch}" == "aarch64" && ${RAPIDS_BUILD_TYPE} == "pull-request" ]]; then
     python ./ci/wheel_smoke_test_${package_name}.py
 else
-    RAPIDS_DATASET_ROOT_DIR=`pwd`/datasets python -m pytest ./python/${package_name}/${python_package_name}/tests
+    RAPIDS_DATASET_ROOT_DIR=`pwd`/datasets \
+    DASK_DISTRIBUTED__SCHEDULER__WORKER_TTL="1000s" \
+    DASK_DISTRIBUTED__COMM__TIMEOUTS__CONNECT="1000s" \
+    DASK_CUDA_WAIT_WORKERS_MIN_TIMEOUT=20 \
+    python -m pytest ./python/${package_name}/${python_package_name}/tests
 fi