diff --git a/tests/test_docs_snippets.py b/tests/test_docs_snippets.py
index 799613235..1be484711 100644
--- a/tests/test_docs_snippets.py
+++ b/tests/test_docs_snippets.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def sim_temperature_controller():
     print(process.communicate()[0])
 
 
-@pytest.mark.timeout(3)
+@pytest.mark.timeout(5)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("filename", glob.glob("docs/snippets/*.py", recursive=True))
 def test_snippet(filename):
     runpy.run_path(filename)