diff --git a/test/common/README.md b/test/common/README.md
index afc267ba7cb16c..f0bcced82e6149 100644
--- a/test/common/README.md
+++ b/test/common/README.md
@@ -271,10 +271,12 @@ See `common.expectWarning()` for usage.
 Indicates whether 'opensslCli' is supported.
 
 ### platformTimeout(ms)
-* `ms` [<number>]
-* return [<number>]
+* `ms` [<number>|<bigint>]
+* return [<number>|<bigint>]
 
-Platform normalizes timeout.
+Returns a timeout value based on detected conditions. For example, a debug build
+may need extra time so the returned value will be larger than on a release
+build.
 
 ### PIPE
 * [<string>]
diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index da5027af135f0e..7b668e58c48ead 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -187,14 +187,20 @@ const pwdCommand = isWindows ?
 
 
 function platformTimeout(ms) {
+  // ESLint will not support 'bigint' in valid-typeof until it reaches stage 4.
+  // See https://github.com/eslint/eslint/pull/9636.
+  // eslint-disable-next-line valid-typeof
+  const multipliers = typeof ms === 'bigint' ?
+    { two: 2n, four: 4n, seven: 7n } : { two: 2, four: 4, seven: 7 };
+
   if (process.features.debug)
-    ms = 2 * ms;
+    ms = multipliers.two * ms;
 
   if (global.__coverage__)
-    ms = 4 * ms;
+    ms = multipliers.four * ms;
 
   if (isAIX)
-    return 2 * ms; // default localhost speed is slower on AIX
+    return multipliers.two * ms; // default localhost speed is slower on AIX
 
   if (process.arch !== 'arm')
     return ms;
@@ -202,10 +208,10 @@ function platformTimeout(ms) {
   const armv = process.config.variables.arm_version;
 
   if (armv === '6')
-    return 7 * ms;  // ARMv6
+    return multipliers.seven * ms;  // ARMv6
 
   if (armv === '7')
-    return 2 * ms;  // ARMv7
+    return multipliers.two * ms;  // ARMv7
 
   return ms; // ARMv8+
 }
diff --git a/test/known_issues/known_issues.status b/test/known_issues/known_issues.status
index 5a1ab289280d23..2a5514920b27bb 100644
--- a/test/known_issues/known_issues.status
+++ b/test/known_issues/known_issues.status
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ prefix known_issues
 [$system==win32]
 
 [$system==linux]
-test-vm-timeout-escape-nexttick: PASS,FLAKY
 test-vm-timeout-escape-promise: PASS,FLAKY
 test-vm-timeout-escape-queuemicrotask: PASS,FLAKY
 
diff --git a/test/known_issues/test-vm-timeout-escape-nexttick.js b/test/known_issues/test-vm-timeout-escape-nexttick.js
index 8afe2fb8cebb15..814da178fb2f78 100644
--- a/test/known_issues/test-vm-timeout-escape-nexttick.js
+++ b/test/known_issues/test-vm-timeout-escape-nexttick.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Promises, nextTick, and queueMicrotask allow code to escape the timeout
 // set for runInContext, runInNewContext, and runInThisContext
 
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const vm = require('vm');
 
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ const NS_PER_MS = 1000000n;
 const hrtime = process.hrtime.bigint;
 const nextTick = process.nextTick;
 
+const waitDuration = common.platformTimeout(100n);
+
 function loop() {
   const start = hrtime();
   while (1) {
     const current = hrtime();
     const span = (current - start) / NS_PER_MS;
-    if (span >= 100n) {
+    if (span >= waitDuration) {
       throw new Error(
         `escaped timeout at ${span} milliseconds!`);
     }
@@ -33,9 +35,8 @@ assert.throws(() => {
       nextTick,
       loop
     },
-    { timeout: 5 }
+    { timeout: common.platformTimeout(5) }
   );
 }, {
-  code: 'ERR_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT',
-  message: 'Script execution timed out after 5ms'
+  code: 'ERR_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT'
 });