diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/ipu/CMakeLists.txt b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/ipu/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d2f1548f076d9abc07671dbb74497735a88f3a6..9572d236fe329bb6350d6c90f7ec1a523e84dcc5 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/ipu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/ipu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@ if(WITH_IPU)
   endforeach()
 
   set_tests_properties(test_conv_op_ipu PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 300)
-  set_tests_properties(test_elemetwise_x_op_ipu PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 300)
-  set_tests_properties(test_reduce_x_op_ipu PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 600)
+  set_tests_properties(test_elemetwise_x_op_ipu PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 600)
+  set_tests_properties(test_reduce_x_op_ipu PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 800)
   set_tests_properties(test_save_load_ipu PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 600)
   set_tests_properties(test_activation_ops_ipu PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 600)
+  set_tests_properties(test_unary_ops_ipu PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 600)
+  set_tests_properties(test_greater_op_ipu PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 400)
+  set_tests_properties(test_conv2d_transpose_op_ipu PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 300)
+  set_tests_properties(test_model_parallel_ipu PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 300)
 
   add_subdirectory(custom_ops)
 
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/ipu/op_test_ipu.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/ipu/op_test_ipu.py
index 0226ca4ae74325bb4eea1d836db37cd0201bdce2..d3473bc2b0d4a1d2c0ba62acb00e2685c2006d04 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/ipu/op_test_ipu.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/ipu/op_test_ipu.py
@@ -204,6 +204,14 @@ class IPUOpTest(IPUTest):
             if self.is_fp16_mode(exec_mode):
                 ipu_strategy.set_precision_config(enable_fp16=True)
                 IPUOpTest.cast_model_to_fp16(self.main_prog)
+
+            # TODO(ipu) remove in the future version of popart
+            # keep the log clean, no side effects for tests without profiling
+            ipu_strategy.set_options(
+                {'engine_options': {
+                    'debug.retainDebugInformation': 'false'
+                }})
+
             program = paddle.static.IpuCompiledProgram(
                 self.main_prog,
                 ipu_strategy=ipu_strategy).compile(self.feed_list,