diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/release_candidate.yml
index 6be52fdb..b4987815 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_candidate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_candidate.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USER }}
         key: ${{ secrets.SSH_ED25519KEY }}
         port: ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }}
+        command_timeout: 60m
         script: |
           cd ~
           ./build-kinode.sh