diff --git a/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/LambdaRuntimeClientTests.swift b/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/LambdaRuntimeClientTests.swift
index fe85f973..f10026f9 100644
--- a/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/LambdaRuntimeClientTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/LambdaRuntimeClientTests.swift
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ struct LambdaRuntimeClientTests {
                     // simulate traffic until the server reports it has closed the connection
                     // or a timeout, whichever comes first
                     // result is ignored here, either there is a connection error or a timeout
-                    let _ = try await timeout(deadline: .seconds(1)) {
+                    let _ = try await withTimeout(deadline: .seconds(1)) {
                         while true {
                             let (_, writer) = try await runtimeClient.nextInvocation()
                             try await writer.writeAndFinish(ByteBuffer(string: "hello"))
diff --git a/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/Timeout.swift b/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/Timeout.swift
index 6a8dc5dc..934325cd 100644
--- a/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/Timeout.swift
+++ b/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/Timeout.swift
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 // as suggested by https://github.com/vapor/postgres-nio/issues/489#issuecomment-2186509773
-func timeout<Success: Sendable>(
+func withTimeout<Success: Sendable>(
     deadline: Duration,
     _ closure: @escaping @Sendable () async throws -> Success
 ) async throws -> Success {