diff --git a/ci/run_scheduled_sanitizer_test.py b/ci/run_scheduled_sanitizer_test.py
index 65c88ee0c0c7f374919c5c5f79de914ee3422f13..eda1fade6c15c29e5793a1e6d7c04050a070a753 100755
--- a/ci/run_scheduled_sanitizer_test.py
+++ b/ci/run_scheduled_sanitizer_test.py
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ N_FRAMES_DLY_PROFILE = 7500
 GENPATT_CMD = f"gen-patt -tailstat -fer -g192 -gamma 0 -rate 0.15 -tol 0.001 -reset -n {N_FRAMES_DLY_PROFILE} {EP_FILE}"
 MC_MODES = ["5_1", "5_1_2", "5_1_4", "7_1", "7_1_4"]
 AMBISONICS_MODES = ["HOA3", "HOA2", "FOA", "PlanarHOA3", "PlanarHOA2", "PlanarFOA"]
-# timeout of 15 minutes per en/decoding to safeguard against endless loops
-TIMEOUT = 60 * 20
+# timeout of 25 minutes per en/decoding to safeguard against endless loops
+TIMEOUT = 60 * 25
 HEAD_TRAJ_FILE = str(pathlib.Path("./head_rot_traj.csv").resolve())
 EXOF_TRAJ_FILE = str(pathlib.Path("./exof_traj.csv").resolve())