diff --git a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/services/AbstractExecutionService.test.ts b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/services/AbstractExecutionService.test.ts
index 212ae6a3d5..342df5dd33 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/services/AbstractExecutionService.test.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/services/AbstractExecutionService.test.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ describe('AbstractExecutionService', () => {
   });
 
   it('throws an error if execution environment fails to respond to ping', async () => {
-    const { service } = createService(MockExecutionService);
+    const { service } = createService(MockExecutionService, {
+      pingTimeout: inMilliseconds(1, Duration.Second),
+    });
 
     class MockStream extends BasePostMessageStream {
       protected _postMessage(_data?: unknown): void {
diff --git a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/services/AbstractExecutionService.ts b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/services/AbstractExecutionService.ts
index cd07e5d25f..6a288de3b5 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/services/AbstractExecutionService.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/services/AbstractExecutionService.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractExecutionService<WorkerType>
     setupSnapProvider,
     messenger,
     initTimeout = inMilliseconds(60, Duration.Second),
-    pingTimeout = inMilliseconds(2, Duration.Second),
+    pingTimeout = inMilliseconds(10, Duration.Second),
     terminationTimeout = inMilliseconds(1, Duration.Second),
     usePing = true,
   }: ExecutionServiceArgs) {