diff --git a/jsonnetsecure/provider.go b/jsonnetsecure/provider.go
index 2901d3e9..fad5fa0e 100644
--- a/jsonnetsecure/provider.go
+++ b/jsonnetsecure/provider.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ func (p *TestProvider) JsonnetVM(ctx context.Context) (VM, error) {
 		WithProcessIsolatedVM(ctx),
 		WithProcessPool(p.pool),
 		WithJsonnetBinary(p.jsonnetBinary),
+		WithExecTimeout(time.Second*5),
 	), nil
 }