diff --git a/js/src/bitswap.js b/js/src/bitswap.js
index 51a6c00a2..46febe6d7 100644
--- a/js/src/bitswap.js
+++ b/js/src/bitswap.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = (common) => {
     before(function (done) {
       // CI takes longer to instantiate the daemon, so we need to increase the
       // timeout for the before step
-      this.timeout(60 * 250)
+      this.timeout(60 * 1000)
 
       common.setup((err, factory) => {
         expect(err).to.not.exist()