diff --git a/.github/workflows/fuzzing.yml b/.github/workflows/fuzzing.yml
index 68e3c8cbe5..f13f17673c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fuzzing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fuzzing.yml
@@ -103,4 +103,10 @@ jobs:
           at_index=$(((10#$(date -u +%U)) % ${#fuzzing_scripts[@]}))
           selected_script="${fuzzing_scripts[$at_index]}"
           echo "Selected script: $selected_script"
-          timeout --preserve-status --signal=SIGINT 60m python $selected_script
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+          # Disable the default Github runner fail-fast behaviour for better timeout handling
+          set +e
+          timeout --signal=SIGINT 60m python $selected_script
+          # "timeout" returns 124 when the command times out.
+          # We treat this as a success (nothing found during the allotted time) and pass other exit codes through.
+          fuzz_exitcode=$?
+          [ $fuzz_exitcode -eq 124 ] && exit 0 || exit $fuzz_exitcode