diff --git a/src/test/config/SystemDS-MultiTenant-config.xml b/src/test/config/SystemDS-MultiTenant-config.xml
index 321fcc0b282..ae915177617 100644
--- a/src/test/config/SystemDS-MultiTenant-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/config/SystemDS-MultiTenant-config.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
    <!-- The timeout of the federated tests to initialize the federated matrixes -->
    <sysds.federated.initialization.timeout>30</sysds.federated.initialization.timeout>
    <!-- The timeout of each instruction sent to federated workers -->
-   <sysds.federated.timeout>16</sysds.federated.timeout>
+   <sysds.federated.timeout>60</sysds.federated.timeout>
    <sysds.local.spark>true</sysds.local.spark>
 </root>