diff --git a/tests/integ/test_stored_procedure.py b/tests/integ/test_stored_procedure.py
index 48c33dc17a..2bdd0f44fc 100644
--- a/tests/integ/test_stored_procedure.py
+++ b/tests/integ/test_stored_procedure.py
@@ -2456,33 +2456,38 @@ def core_ingestion_logic(session_):
         import multiprocessing as mp
         from io import BytesIO
         import pandas as pd
+        import queue as queue_module
 
         queue = mp.Queue()
 
         def worker_process(parquet_queue):
-
-            # Create a sample DataFrame
-            data = {
-                "id": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
-                "name": ["Alice", "Bob", "Charlie", "David", "Eve"],
-                "value": [100, 200, 300, 400, 500],
-            }
-            parquet_buffer = BytesIO()
-            df = pd.DataFrame(data)
-            df.to_parquet(parquet_buffer)
-            parquet_buffer.seek(0)
-            parquet_queue.put(parquet_buffer)
+            try:
+                # Create a sample DataFrame
+                data = {
+                    "id": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
+                    "name": ["Alice", "Bob", "Charlie", "David", "Eve"],
+                    "value": [100, 200, 300, 400, 500],
+                }
+                parquet_buffer = BytesIO()
+                df = pd.DataFrame(data)
+                df.to_parquet(parquet_buffer)
+                parquet_buffer.seek(0)
+                parquet_queue.put(parquet_buffer)
+            except Exception as e:
+                parquet_queue.put(("error", str(e)))
 
         process = mp.Process(target=worker_process, args=(queue,))
         process.start()
 
         # Wait for the process to complete
         process.join()
-        if process.exitcode != 0 or process.is_alive():
-            return "failure"
 
         # Get the parquet buffer from the queue
-        parquet_buffer = queue.get()
+        try:
+            parquet_buffer = queue.get(timeout=30)
+        except queue_module.Empty:
+            return "failure"
+
         parquet_buffer.seek(0)
 
         # Create a temporary stage