diff --git a/test/spec/index.js b/test/spec/index.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/test/spec/index.js
+++ b/test/spec/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { expect } from "chai";
 import pakit from "../../src/pakit";
 
 describe("pakit test suite", function() {
+  this.timeout(10000);
+
   describe("when bundling a module with no dependencies", function() {
     var result;
     before(function () {
bumped test timeout to <I> seconds