diff --git a/features/task_validate_image.feature b/features/task_validate_image.feature
index 82646248d..53d8debb6 100644
--- a/features/task_validate_image.feature
+++ b/features/task_validate_image.feature
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ Feature: Verify Enterprise Contract Tekton Tasks
       | IGNORE_REKOR         | true                                                                   |
       | TIMEOUT              | 666s                                                                   |
     Then the task should succeed
-      And the task logs for step "debug-log" should contain "globalTimeout is 0, no timeout used"
+      And the task logs for step "debug-log" should contain "globalTimeout is 100h0m0s"
 
   Scenario: SSL_CERT_DIR environment variable is customized
     Given a working namespace
diff --git a/tasks/verify-enterprise-contract/0.1/verify-enterprise-contract.yaml b/tasks/verify-enterprise-contract/0.1/verify-enterprise-contract.yaml
index 07f2cd01f..add06b5b5 100644
--- a/tasks/verify-enterprise-contract/0.1/verify-enterprise-contract.yaml
+++ b/tasks/verify-enterprise-contract/0.1/verify-enterprise-contract.yaml
@@ -226,8 +226,11 @@ spec:
         - "$(params.WORKERS)"
         # NOTE: The syntax below is required to negate boolean parameters
         - "--info=$(params.INFO)"
-        # No timeout for EC, though Tekton may apply a timeout
-        - "--timeout=0"
+        # Fresh versions of ec support "--timeout=0" to indicate no timeout, but this would break
+        # the task if it's used with an older version of ec. In an abundance of caution, let's set
+        # an arbitrary high value instead of using 0 here. In future we can change it to 0.
+        # (The reason to not use an explicit timeout for ec is so Tekton can handle the timeouts).
+        - "--timeout=100h"
         - "--strict=false"
         - "--show-successes"
         - "--effective-time=$(params.EFFECTIVE_TIME)"