diff --git a/tests/test_worker.py b/tests/test_worker.py
index d0db63b..d44990b 100644
--- a/tests/test_worker.py
+++ b/tests/test_worker.py
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ class TimeoutTestCase:
     def setUp(self):
         # we want tests to fail if signal are ignored and the work remain
         # running, so set a signal to kill them after X seconds
-        self.killtimeout = 20
+        self.killtimeout = 10
         signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self._timeout)
         signal.alarm(self.killtimeout)