diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7f588765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[profile.ci]
+retries = 4
+# Terminates test after waiting (`period` * `terminate-after`).
+# After timeout, will still retry `retries` times.
+slow-timeout = { period = "60s", terminate-after = 3 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_test_suite.yaml b/.github/workflows/run_test_suite.yaml
index bab22080c..581143061 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_test_suite.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_test_suite.yaml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
             FEATURES="--features ${{matrix.features}}"
           fi
 
-          cargo +${{ matrix.toolchain }} nextest run $FEATURES --retries 5 --color always 2>&1 | tee test-results/log
+          cargo +${{ matrix.toolchain }} nextest run $FEATURES --profile ci --color always 2>&1 | tee test-results/log
         env:
           NOOSPHERE_LOG: academic
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3