diff --git a/test/create.js b/test/create.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/test/create.js
+++ b/test/create.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe('create cli', function() {
   });
 
   it('installs dependencies', function (done) {
+    this.timeout(60000);
     spawnCliInSandbox(['create', 'cli', 'test-app'])
       .run(function(err) {
         if (err) done(err);
diff --git a/test/example.js b/test/example.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/test/example.js
+++ b/test/example.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var sandbox = require('./helpers/sandbox.js');
 var spawnCliInSandbox = require('./helpers/runner.js').spawnCliInSandbox;
 
 describe('suite example', function() {
-  this.timeout(5000);
+  this.timeout(60000);
 
   before(function(done) {
     sandbox.reset();
Increase git/npm timeouts

npm install and git clone can be very slow, increase the timeouts to <I>
secs to avoid ephemeral irrelevant failures.