diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-installers.yml b/.github/workflows/test-installers.yml
index 4de63cc6403..4d1540c9518 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-installers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-installers.yml
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ jobs:
     container: ${{ matrix.container }}
     env:
       DEBUG: compass:smoketests:*,compass-e2e-tests:*
+      # Similar to total task timeout, setting these higher than the default
+      # value to account for very slow windows machines
+      COMPASS_E2E_MOCHA_TIMEOUT: 720000 # 12min
+      COMPASS_E2E_WEBDRIVER_WAITFOR_TIMEOUT: 360000 # 6min
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/helpers/test-runner-context.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/helpers/test-runner-context.ts
index b05e059ba32..b0ca880726b 100644
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/helpers/test-runner-context.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/helpers/test-runner-context.ts
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ function buildCommonArgs(yargs: Argv) {
     .option('mocha-timeout', {
       type: 'number',
       description: 'Set a custom default mocha timeout',
-      // Kinda arbitrary, but longer than webdriver-waitfor-timeout so the test
-      // can fail before Mocha times out
-      default: 240_000,
+      // 4min, kinda arbitrary, but longer than webdriver-waitfor-timeout so the
+      // test can fail before Mocha times out
+      default: 1000 * 60 * 4,
     })
     .option('mocha-bail', {
       type: 'boolean',