diff --git a/internal/cmdtest/test_cmd.go b/internal/cmdtest/test_cmd.go
index 5369678adb..bbf77af016 100644
--- a/internal/cmdtest/test_cmd.go
+++ b/internal/cmdtest/test_cmd.go
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func (tt *TestCmd) Kill() {
 }
 
 func (tt *TestCmd) withKillTimeout(fn func()) {
-	timeout := time.AfterFunc(5*time.Second, func() {
+	timeout := time.AfterFunc(30*time.Second, func() {
 		tt.Log("killing the child process (timeout)")
 		tt.Kill()
 	})
diff --git a/rpc/client.go b/rpc/client.go
index cf9bc7514c..c163e31b54 100644
--- a/rpc/client.go
+++ b/rpc/client.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var (
 const (
 	// Timeouts
 	defaultDialTimeout = 10 * time.Second // used if context has no deadline
-	subscribeTimeout   = 5 * time.Second  // overall timeout eth_subscribe, rpc_modules calls
+	subscribeTimeout   = 10 * time.Second // overall timeout eth_subscribe, rpc_modules calls
 )
 
 const (