diff --git a/tests/test_dashboard_client.cpp b/tests/test_dashboard_client.cpp
index d0798c458..edc35d716 100644
--- a/tests/test_dashboard_client.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_dashboard_client.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ class DashboardClientTest : public ::testing::Test
   void SetUp()
   {
     dashboard_client_.reset(new TestableDashboardClient(g_ROBOT_IP));
+    // In CI we the dashboard client times out for no obvious reason. Hence we increase the timeout
+    // here.
+    timeval tv;
+    tv.tv_sec = 10;
+    tv.tv_usec = 0;
+    dashboard_client_->setReceiveTimeout(tv);
   }
 
   void TearDown()
@@ -281,4 +287,4 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
   }
 
   return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
-}
+}
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