diff --git a/test/acceptance/user-database-timeout-limit.js b/test/acceptance/user-database-timeout-limit.js
index 32976b37..c59b26df 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/user-database-timeout-limit.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/user-database-timeout-limit.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const TestClient = require('../support/test-client');
 
 const pointSleepSql = `
     SELECT
-        pg_sleep(1),
+        pg_sleep(0.5),
         'SRID=3857;POINT(0 0)'::geometry the_geom_webmercator,
         1 cartodb_id,
         2 val
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const createMapConfig = ({
 
 describe('user database timeout limit', function () {
     beforeEach(function (done) {
-        TestClient.setUserDatabaseTimeoutLimit('localhost', 50, done);
+        TestClient.setUserDatabaseTimeoutLimit('localhost', 300, done);
     });
 
     afterEach(function (done) {
diff --git a/test/acceptance/user-render-timeout-limit.js b/test/acceptance/user-render-timeout-limit.js
index 8d7e9a6e..0119a1b9 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/user-render-timeout-limit.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/user-render-timeout-limit.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const pointSleepSql = `
 // during instatiation we validate tile 30/0/0, creating a point in that tile `pg_sleep` will throw a timeout
 const validationPointSleepSql = `
     SELECT
-        pg_sleep(1),
+        pg_sleep(0.5),
         ST_Transform('SRID=4326;POINT(-180 85.05112877)'::geometry, 3857) the_geom_webmercator,
         1 cartodb_id,
         2 val