diff --git a/main-basop.yml b/main-basop.yml
index 7b274d70af213a3d1f518bf67ba3f72b5425d966..f1a982012b00bce1e07323c0a87ab7b6131cd234 100644
--- a/main-basop.yml
+++ b/main-basop.yml
@@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@ coverage-test-on-main-scheduled:
     - .test-job-linux
     - .rules-coverage
   stage: test
-  timeout: 3 hours
+  timeout: 6 hours
   script:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh