diff --git a/spec/api-autoupdater-darwin-spec.ts b/spec/api-autoupdater-darwin-spec.ts
index a85e101040..510952eed0 100644
--- a/spec/api-autoupdater-darwin-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/api-autoupdater-darwin-spec.ts
@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ ifdescribe(shouldRunCodesignTests)('autoUpdater behavior', function () {
       });
     });
 
-    it('should hit the download endpoint when an update is available and update successfully when the zip is provided even after a different update was staged', async () => {
+    it('should hit the download endpoint when an update is available and update successfully when the zip is provided even after a different update was staged', async function () {
+      this.timeout(180000);
       await withUpdatableApp({
         nextVersion: '2.0.0',
         startFixture: 'update-stack',
@@ -478,7 +479,8 @@ ifdescribe(shouldRunCodesignTests)('autoUpdater behavior', function () {
       });
     });
 
-    it('should keep the update directory count bounded across repeated checks', async () => {
+    it('should keep the update directory count bounded across repeated checks', async function () {
+      this.timeout(240000);
       // Verifies the orphan prune actually fires: after a second download
       // completes and rewrites ShipItState.plist, the first directory is no
       // longer referenced and must be removed when a third check begins.
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/auto-update/update-triple-stack/index.js b/spec/fixtures/auto-update/update-triple-stack/index.js
index ad6a08aa18..d57b673252 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/auto-update/update-triple-stack/index.js
+++ b/spec/fixtures/auto-update/update-triple-stack/index.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if (feedUrl === 'remain-open') {
     } else {
       setTimeout(() => {
         autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
-      }, 1000);
+      }, 5000);
     }
   });