diff --git a/e2e/isolation/pids_test.go b/e2e/isolation/pids_test.go
index 036207654..8e4cbc1d2 100644
--- a/e2e/isolation/pids_test.go
+++ b/e2e/isolation/pids_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func testExecNamespacePID(t *testing.T) {
 	job, cleanup := jobs3.Submit(t,
 		"./input/exec.hcl",
 		jobs3.WaitComplete("group"),
+		jobs3.Timeout(time.Second*30), // exec can be a bit slow
 	)
 	t.Cleanup(cleanup)
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ func testExecHostPID(t *testing.T) {
 	job, cleanup := jobs3.Submit(t,
 		"./input/exec_host.hcl",
 		jobs3.WaitComplete("group"),
+		jobs3.Timeout(time.Second*30), // exec can be a bit slow
 	)
 	t.Cleanup(cleanup)