diff --git a/src/vs/base/test/node/storage/storage.test.ts b/src/vs/base/test/node/storage/storage.test.ts
index 215c2bb530a8e5ba18608e0b7675f0b566ce6f86..44ba7049630492abcc818daa1f06fb441de96c33 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/test/node/storage/storage.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/test/node/storage/storage.test.ts
@@ -539,7 +539,9 @@ suite('SQLite Storage Library', () => {
 		await del(storageDir, tmpdir());
 	});
 
-	test('real world example', async () => {
+	test('real world example', async function () {
+		this.timeout(20000);
+
 		const storageDir = uniqueStorageDir();
 
 		await mkdirp(storageDir);
@@ -628,7 +630,9 @@ suite('SQLite Storage Library', () => {
 		await del(storageDir, tmpdir());
 	});
 
-	test('very large item value', async () => {
+	test('very large item value', async function () {
+		this.timeout(20000);
+
 		const storageDir = uniqueStorageDir();
 
 		await mkdirp(storageDir);