diff --git a/Makefile.Common b/Makefile.Common
index e149f2dd7cb8..e2b759784d85 100644
--- a/Makefile.Common
+++ b/Makefile.Common
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ALL_PKGS := $(shell go list $(sort $(dir $(ALL_SRC))) 2>/dev/null)
 
 # build tags required by any component should be defined as an independent variables and later added to GO_BUILD_TAGS below
 GO_BUILD_TAGS=""
-GOTEST_OPT?= -race -timeout 60s --tags=$(GO_BUILD_TAGS)
+GOTEST_OPT?= -race -timeout 300s --tags=$(GO_BUILD_TAGS)
 GOTEST_INTEGRATION_OPT?= -race -timeout 60s
 GOTEST_OPT_WITH_COVERAGE = $(GOTEST_OPT) -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic
 GOTEST_OPT_WITH_INTEGRATION=$(GOTEST_INTEGRATION_OPT) -v -tags=integration,$(GO_BUILD_TAGS) -run=Integration -coverprofile=integration-coverage.txt -covermode=atomic