diff --git a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/TestNGTestTransformer.java b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/TestNGTestTransformer.java
index e477bbe47..362d409cb 100644
--- a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/TestNGTestTransformer.java
+++ b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/TestNGTestTransformer.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
  * @version 0.1
  */
 public class TestNGTestTransformer implements IAnnotationTransformer {
-    public static final long DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 1000 * 60 * 10; // 10 minutes max per test
+    public static final long DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 1000 * 60 * 20; // 20 minutes max per test
 
     final static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(TestNGTestTransformer.class);