diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6b7f92a588..7ae069b9c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ jobs:
       # Same craft-fonts commit as release.yml.
       craft-fonts-ref: b076417b5880bd4154bd22f00695b1d28c6bea83
       timeout-minutes: 90
-      # A green run takes about 40 min. A hung test is stopped at 80 min, so the log lists the
-      # processes still running and the leg fails as timed out instead of being cancelled at 90.
-      gate-timeout-minutes: 80
+      # A hung test is stopped at 30 min, so the log lists the processes still running and the
+      # leg fails as timed out instead of being cancelled at 90.
+      gate-timeout-minutes: 30
       # xtask ci runs cargo test: the demo scene cache is per process, so nextest is slower here.
       tools: ""
       packages: >-