diff --git a/test/Elastic.Apm.Tests.Utilities/XUnit/DockerAttributes.cs b/test/Elastic.Apm.Tests.Utilities/XUnit/DockerAttributes.cs
index b47eb257e..8332ea684 100644
--- a/test/Elastic.Apm.Tests.Utilities/XUnit/DockerAttributes.cs
+++ b/test/Elastic.Apm.Tests.Utilities/XUnit/DockerAttributes.cs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static DockerUtils()
 	{
 		try
 		{
-			var result = Proc.Start(new StartArguments("docker", "--version"));
+			var result = Proc.Start(new StartArguments("docker", "--version"), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
 			HasDockerInstalled = result.ExitCode == 0;
 		}
 		catch (Exception)