diff --git a/release/horovod_tests/workloads/horovod_test.py b/release/horovod_tests/workloads/horovod_test.py
index bb7be9ec5..cd30f6a10 100644
--- a/release/horovod_tests/workloads/horovod_test.py
+++ b/release/horovod_tests/workloads/horovod_test.py
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         use_gpu=False if args.smoke_test else True,
         num_hosts=1 if args.smoke_test else 2,
         num_slots=2 if args.smoke_test else 2,
-        replicate_pem=False)
+        replicate_pem=False,
+        timeout_s=300)
 
     transform_train = transforms.Compose([
         transforms.RandomCrop(32, padding=4),