diff --git a/test/cmd.js b/test/cmd.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/test/cmd.js
+++ b/test/cmd.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var validateNpmName = require('validate-npm-package-name')
 var APP_START_STOP_TIMEOUT = 10000
 var PKG_PATH = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'package.json')
 var BIN_PATH = path.resolve(path.dirname(PKG_PATH), require(PKG_PATH).bin.express)
-var NPM_INSTALL_TIMEOUT = 60000
+var NPM_INSTALL_TIMEOUT = 300000 // 5 minutes
 var TEMP_DIR = utils.tmpDir()
 
 describe('express(1)', function () {
tests: increase timeout for npm install