diff --git a/.github/workflows/_e2e_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/_e2e_tests.yml
index f7b3752a14..90852c9793 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_e2e_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_e2e_tests.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           API_HF_JWT_ALGORITHM: "EdDSA"
           API_HF_JWT_PUBLIC_KEY_URL: "https://hub-ci.huggingface.co/api/keys/jwt"
           # ^ it's not tested in the e2e tests, but it's good to ensure we're able to fetch it at least.
-          API_HF_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: "30"
+          API_HF_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: "10"
           # ^ allow hub-ci to be slow to answer
           API_UVICORN_NUM_WORKERS: "2"
           API_UVICORN_PORT: "8080"