diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_testing.yml
index 398e4103..4a3bc12e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_testing.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.check-diff.outputs.matrix) }}
-    timeout-minutes: 90
+    timeout-minutes: 150
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python }}
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ jobs:
       id: extras
 
     - name: Prepare environment
+      timeout-minutes: 30
       run: |
         bash prepare_env.sh
 
diff --git a/actions/assistant.py b/actions/assistant.py
index 9fcc53e1..5df994c2 100644
--- a/actions/assistant.py
+++ b/actions/assistant.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def _install_repo(repo: Dict[str, str], remove_dir: bool = True) -> List[str]:
 
         flags = AssistantCLI._get_flags(repo)
         cmds.append("pip install " + " ".join([pip_install] + flags))
-        cmds.append("pip list")
+        # cmds.append("pip list")
         cmds.append("cd ..")
 
         if remove_dir:
diff --git a/configs/Lightning-AI/metrics_torch-develop.yaml b/configs/Lightning-AI/metrics_torch-develop.yaml
index 32f5c3ab..2b74101d 100644
--- a/configs/Lightning-AI/metrics_torch-develop.yaml
+++ b/configs/Lightning-AI/metrics_torch-develop.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ before_test:
 
 testing:
   # additional pytest arguments
-  pytest_args: --strict
+  pytest_args: --timeout=120
 
 runtimes:
   - {os: "ubuntu-20.04", python: "3.9"}