diff --git a/k8s/values.dev.yml b/k8s/values.dev.yml
index 51c34766..a689f38e 100644
--- a/k8s/values.dev.yml
+++ b/k8s/values.dev.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ singleuser:
         tag: "latest"
         pullPolicy: Never # To use locally built images
     cmd: start-singleuser.sh
+hub:
+    extraConfig:
+        myConfig: |
+            c.KubeSpawner.http_timeout = 60
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 47206df2..1624811d 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def notebook_service(docker_ip, docker_services):
     port = docker_services.port_for("aiidalab", 8888)
     url = f"http://{docker_ip}:{port}"
     docker_services.wait_until_responsive(
-        timeout=30.0, pause=0.1, check=lambda: is_responsive(url)
+        timeout=60.0, pause=0.1, check=lambda: is_responsive(url)
     )
     return url