diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 33dafbd..3602e1c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ passenv = *
 deps =
     pytest
     pytest-xdist
+    pytest-timeout
 commands =
     pytest tests -n 4
 
diff --git a/tests/test_bot.py b/tests/test_bot.py
index 3b428fc..5bc0db8 100644
--- a/tests/test_bot.py
+++ b/tests/test_bot.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import deltachat
+import pytest
 from deltachat.capi import lib as dclib
 
 
+@pytest.mark.timeout(60)
 def test_not_relay_groups(relaycrew, outsider):
     bot = relaycrew.bot
     user = relaycrew.user
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ def test_not_relay_groups(relaycrew, outsider):
     assert not bot.relayplugin.is_relay_group(bot_message_from_user.chat)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.timeout(60)
 def test_relay_group_forwarding(relaycrew, outsider):
     bot = relaycrew.bot
     user = relaycrew.user