diff --git a/docs/source/about/changelog.rst b/docs/source/about/changelog.rst
index 7fd722c5d..1f9e595c3 100644
--- a/docs/source/about/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/source/about/changelog.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ more info, see the :ref:`Contributor Guide <Creating a Changelog Entry>`.
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
-No changes.
+**Added**
+
+- :pull:`123` - ``asgiref`` as a dependency
+
+**Changed**
+
+- :pull:`123` - set default timeout on playwright page for testing
 
 
 v0.39.0
diff --git a/requirements/pkg-deps.txt b/requirements/pkg-deps.txt
index 6e970f4c2..f13b33bf9 100644
--- a/requirements/pkg-deps.txt
+++ b/requirements/pkg-deps.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ jsonpatch >=1.32
 fastjsonschema >=2.14.5
 requests >=2
 colorlog >=6
+asgiref >=3
diff --git a/src/idom/config.py b/src/idom/config.py
index a13a2e26f..dec2cb958 100644
--- a/src/idom/config.py
+++ b/src/idom/config.py
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
 
 IDOM_TESTING_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = _Option(
     "IDOM_TESTING_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT",
-    3.0,
+    5.0,
     mutable=False,
     validator=float,
 )
+"""A default timeout for testing utilities in IDOM"""
diff --git a/src/idom/testing/display.py b/src/idom/testing/display.py
index 30151a7a3..0715f7a51 100644
--- a/src/idom/testing/display.py
+++ b/src/idom/testing/display.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from playwright.async_api import Browser, BrowserContext, Page, async_playwright
 
 from idom import html
+from idom.config import IDOM_TESTING_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
 from idom.types import RootComponentConstructor
 
 from .backend import BackendFixture
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ async def __aenter__(self) -> DisplayFixture:
                 browser = self._browser
             self.page = await browser.new_page()
 
+        self.page.set_default_timeout(IDOM_TESTING_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT.current * 1000)
+
         if not hasattr(self, "backend"):
             self.backend = BackendFixture()
             await es.enter_async_context(self.backend)