diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5d97bec1567f600abfaa8ffbc05e5bbd6daadfb7..fea6b2aa20816df0781832b5459684d0839ff56c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1120,6 +1120,7 @@ coverage-test-on-main-scheduled:
   rules:
     # only run in scheduled pipeline that passes this env vars
     - if: $COVERAGE_TEST
+  timeout: 2 hours
   script:
     - *print-common-info
     - make GCOV=1 -j