diff --git a/pipelines/shared-tasks/run-unit-tests/task.sh b/pipelines/shared-tasks/run-unit-tests/task.sh
index 5705e9f66..b7731afd8 100755
--- a/pipelines/shared-tasks/run-unit-tests/task.sh
+++ b/pipelines/shared-tasks/run-unit-tests/task.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ export GOCACHE="$PWD/cache/gocache"
 export GOMODCACHE="$PWD/cache/gomodcache"
 
 cd pinniped
-go test -short -timeout 20m -race -coverprofile "${COVERAGE_OUTPUT}" -covermode atomic ./...
+go test -short -timeout 15m -race -coverprofile "${COVERAGE_OUTPUT}" -covermode atomic ./...