diff --git a/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-engine/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/sksamuel/kotest/engine/test/timeout/ContainerTimeoutTest.kt b/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-engine/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/sksamuel/kotest/engine/test/timeout/ContainerTimeoutTest.kt
index 0e279b7e79e..02d2c4532a0 100644
--- a/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-engine/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/sksamuel/kotest/engine/test/timeout/ContainerTimeoutTest.kt
+++ b/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-engine/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/sksamuel/kotest/engine/test/timeout/ContainerTimeoutTest.kt
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ class ContainerTimeoutTest : FunSpec() {
 @ExperimentalKotest
 private class NestedTimeout : FunSpec() {
    init {
-      context("a").config(timeout = 10.milliseconds) {
+      context("a").config(timeout = 100.milliseconds) {
          test("b") {
-            delay(200.milliseconds)
+            delay(2000.milliseconds)
          }
       }
    }