diff --git a/test/rest.middleware.test.js b/test/rest.middleware.test.js
index f2a97d02..80c9774c 100644
--- a/test/rest.middleware.test.js
+++ b/test/rest.middleware.test.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 var path = require('path');
 
 describe('loopback.rest', function() {
+  this.timeout(10000);
   var app, MyModel;
 
   beforeEach(function() {
diff --git a/test/user.test.js b/test/user.test.js
index c37bc5a1..3fc2ccda 100644
--- a/test/user.test.js
+++ b/test/user.test.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ var User, AccessToken;
 var async = require('async');
 
 describe('User', function() {
+  this.timeout(10000);
+
   var validCredentialsEmail = 'foo@bar.com';
   var validCredentials = {email: validCredentialsEmail, password: 'bar'};
   var validCredentialsEmailVerified = {email: 'foo1@bar.com', password: 'bar1', emailVerified: true};