diff --git a/e2e/tests/up/provider_podman_rootless_config.go b/e2e/tests/up/provider_podman_rootless_config.go
index 3c46534b3..3abb7cb12 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/up/provider_podman_rootless_config.go
+++ b/e2e/tests/up/provider_podman_rootless_config.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe(
 					framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 					gomega.Expect(strings.TrimSpace(customImage)).
 						To(gomega.Equal("ghcr.io/devsy-org/test-images/base:alpine"))
-				}, ginkgo.SpecTimeout(framework.TimeoutShort()))
+				}, ginkgo.SpecTimeout(framework.TimeoutModerate()))
 
 				ginkgo.It("should substitute variables with defaults", func(ctx context.Context) {
 					tempDir, err := setupWorkspaceAndUp(
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe(
 					setVar, err := f.DevsySSH(ctx, tempDir, "cat $HOME/set-var.out")
 					framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 					gomega.Expect(strings.TrimSpace(setVar)).To(gomega.Equal(os.Getenv("HOME")))
-				}, ginkgo.SpecTimeout(framework.TimeoutShort()))
+				}, ginkgo.SpecTimeout(framework.TimeoutModerate()))
 
 				ginkgo.It("should merge extra devcontainer config", func(ctx context.Context) {
 					tempDir, err := setupWorkspace(
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe(
 
 					err = f.DevsyWorkspaceDelete(ctx, tempDir)
 					framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-				}, ginkgo.SpecTimeout(framework.TimeoutShort()))
+				}, ginkgo.SpecTimeout(framework.TimeoutModerate()))
 
 				ginkgo.It(
 					"should override with extra devcontainer config",
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe(
 						err = f.DevsyWorkspaceDelete(ctx, tempDir)
 						framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 					},
-					ginkgo.SpecTimeout(framework.TimeoutShort()),
+					ginkgo.SpecTimeout(framework.TimeoutModerate()),
 				)
 
 				ginkgo.It("should select from multiple devcontainers", func(ctx context.Context) {
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe(
 
 					err = f.DevsyWorkspaceDelete(ctx, tempDir)
 					framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-				}, ginkgo.SpecTimeout(framework.TimeoutShort()))
+				}, ginkgo.SpecTimeout(framework.TimeoutModerate()))
 			})
 		})
 	},