diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml b/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
index 50f6f405c03d899f85761e03c765faaf97156205..9e60194a6c7cbe29dba20cbbcc6de430961cb571 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/variables.yml
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ variables:
SHORT_TEST_SUITE_ENCODER: "tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection/test_param_file.py --param_file scripts/config/self_test_basop_encoder.prm"
LONG_TEST_SUITE_ENCODER: "tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection/test_param_file.py --param_file scripts/config/self_test_ltv_basop_encoder.prm"
TEST_SUITE: ""
+ # note: currently overwrites default value from ci repo
+ TESTCASE_TIMEOUT_STV_SANITIZERS: 240
diff --git a/ci/basop-pages/create_report_pages.py b/ci/basop-pages/create_report_pages.py
index 339578a795feed210947fc734ee7de9c5d60fe05..6cb6602de72af3d04d7bf9382dc9fc78ff9fe890 100644
--- a/ci/basop-pages/create_report_pages.py
+++ b/ci/basop-pages/create_report_pages.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Comparing: