diff --git a/js/src/ping/ping-pull-stream.js b/js/src/ping/ping-pull-stream.js
index 3048c732a..28b8d056f 100644
--- a/js/src/ping/ping-pull-stream.js
+++ b/js/src/ping/ping-pull-stream.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
   const common = createCommon()
 
   describe('.pingPullStream', function () {
-    this.timeout(60 * 1000)
+    // TODO revisit when https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/5799 is resolved
+    this.timeout(2 * 60 * 1000)
 
     let ipfsA
     let ipfsB
diff --git a/js/src/ping/ping-readable-stream.js b/js/src/ping/ping-readable-stream.js
index 8f9da6e21..4d057fb61 100644
--- a/js/src/ping/ping-readable-stream.js
+++ b/js/src/ping/ping-readable-stream.js
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
   const common = createCommon()
 
   describe('.pingReadableStream', function () {
-    this.timeout(60 * 1000)
+    // TODO revisit when https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/5799 is resolved
+    this.timeout(2 * 60 * 1000)
 
     let ipfsA
     let ipfsB
diff --git a/js/src/ping/ping.js b/js/src/ping/ping.js
index a485c982c..2a4f1b913 100644
--- a/js/src/ping/ping.js
+++ b/js/src/ping/ping.js
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ module.exports = (createCommon, options) => {
   const common = createCommon()
 
   describe('.ping', function () {
-    this.timeout(60 * 1000)
+    // TODO revisit when https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/5799 is resolved
+    this.timeout(2 * 60 * 1000)
 
     let ipfsA
     let ipfsB