diff --git a/jest.config.ts b/jest.config.ts
index 978a793c..542e0d5b 100644
--- a/jest.config.ts
+++ b/jest.config.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,6 @@ export default async (): Promise<Config.InitialOptions> => {
     testPathIgnorePatterns: ['/node_modules/'],
 
     // Increase timeout since we have long running cryptographic functions
-    testTimeout: 4 * 60 * 1000,
+    testTimeout: 8 * 60 * 1000,
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/pinning.ts b/src/modules/pinning.ts
index c0ab5795..9e1e6393 100644
--- a/src/modules/pinning.ts
+++ b/src/modules/pinning.ts
@@ -64,5 +64,5 @@ export async function getAllPins(requestOptions: BeeRequestOptions): Promise<Ref
     url: `${PINNING_ENDPOINT}`,
   })
 
-  return response.data.references
+  return response.data.references || []
 }