diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 670f38b22f6eb91ff5494713e7dcd53877e7a7ca..1a83f1267141d55489aa09a46c8d383c35705470 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ paas_ci_orchestrator_url: https://paas.cloud.infn.it/orchestrator
 paas_ci_iam_group: admins/cicd 
 paas_ci_workdir: "{{ lookup('env','WORKSPACE') }}"        
 paas_ci_scan_script_path: "{{ paas_ci_workdir }}/scan.py"
+n_timeout_ticks: 12
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diff --git a/tests/test-k8s-cluster.yml b/tests/test-k8s-cluster.yml
index e2579d80136e9cb33c42039b6b5d75507d1c7d44..6fbdb4a497e9f7dcfc95e73ccd6f9e90fb4feb45 100644
--- a/tests/test-k8s-cluster.yml
+++ b/tests/test-k8s-cluster.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     vars:
       paas_ci_test:
         template_url: https://baltig.infn.it/infn-cloud/tosca-templates/-/raw/master/kubernetes/k8s_cluster.yaml
+        n_timeout_ticks: 15
         inputs: |
           '{ "admin_token": "hjli78hdakgb22as0", "number_of_masters": 1, "users": [{"os_user_add_to_sudoers": true, "os_user_name": "scans", "os_user_ssh_public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCmQvE3sXtg4D/KYzhCdP6cICvy5foeSkHenKTisxdGJK8L0cDmV+4k7fIah1GIXrldjQBGWHSTbIj1qRTXG2OPWFxeDoXIN1FyKxwdOgwIfzIRtVq18VZEqt9eOiNUXN8jGoEAgcU7obqXuPqKAndk4tyOnSDuVnfnZWAiesVvWK16GEq0PAxBhJoX3eq501ilsNnJZDMEnvQEgtFuIbADEanrhRV3yaEca+9vFyOQRkyxDF8Gn6P/wZ4oe35bdgXxi/hg8JVKYbDCLlT+Fdi+OC3trRhwCcBSvDFD0ZQ8oLemzUk+732TqR+I8gVjPE9fiNF+/mrj5OX55SDr8Qgf scans"}]}'
         endpoints_to_scan: |
diff --git a/tests/test-simple-node.yml b/tests/test-simple-node.yml
index 86a39c075b187d392f0c88e57cd017bcc3cfcb6e..11012ab3e0345f02d95243e86fada5f2e5b87215 100644
--- a/tests/test-simple-node.yml
+++ b/tests/test-simple-node.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
     vars:
       paas_ci_test:
         template_url: https://baltig.infn.it/infn-cloud/tosca-templates/-/raw/master/single-vm/single_vm.yaml
+        n_timeout_ticks: 15
         inputs: |
           '{ "users": [{"os_user_add_to_sudoers": true, "os_user_name": "scans", "os_user_ssh_public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCmQvE3sXtg4D/KYzhCdP6cICvy5foeSkHenKTisxdGJK8L0cDmV+4k7fIah1GIXrldjQBGWHSTbIj1qRTXG2OPWFxeDoXIN1FyKxwdOgwIfzIRtVq18VZEqt9eOiNUXN8jGoEAgcU7obqXuPqKAndk4tyOnSDuVnfnZWAiesVvWK16GEq0PAxBhJoX3eq501ilsNnJZDMEnvQEgtFuIbADEanrhRV3yaEca+9vFyOQRkyxDF8Gn6P/wZ4oe35bdgXxi/hg8JVKYbDCLlT+Fdi+OC3trRhwCcBSvDFD0ZQ8oLemzUk+732TqR+I8gVjPE9fiNF+/mrj5OX55SDr8Qgf scans"}]}'
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