diff --git a/tasks/1-create-deployment.yml b/tasks/1-create-deployment.yml
index 9a27840f366ec70a7b027dac4e2ead1aa069e539..703189a36a56464b827dcca5a5443de37f926b6e 100644
--- a/tasks/1-create-deployment.yml
+++ b/tasks/1-create-deployment.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   command: orchent depshow --ojson "{{ deployment.uuid }}"
   register: depshow_output
   until: "'PROGRESS' not in depshow_output.stdout"
-  retries: 18
+  retries: "{{ paas_ci_test.n_timeout_ticks }}"
   delay: 300
   failed_when: "'error' in depshow_output.stdout"
 
diff --git a/tests/test-jupyter-vm.yml b/tests/test-jupyter-vm.yml
index f4874af57ba5ee4fced4eb222c3c157d96996cfe..c84a17ba1c178aeb797cbadff5fc7511ccfacf4e 100644
--- a/tests/test-jupyter-vm.yml
+++ b/tests/test-jupyter-vm.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
       name: paas-ci
     vars:
       paas_ci_test:
-        template_url: https://baltig.infn.it/infn-cloud/tosca-templates/-/raw/master/jupyter/jupyter_vm.yaml
+        template_url: https://baltig.infn.it/infn-cloud/tosca-templates/-/raw/master/j  upyter/jupyter_vm.yaml
+        n_timeout_ticks: 18
         inputs: |
           '{ "enable_monitoring": "true", "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: |