diff --git a/tests/frontend/specs/change_user_color.js b/tests/frontend/specs/change_user_color.js
index b01bda7e3..7b7667f45 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/specs/change_user_color.js
+++ b/tests/frontend/specs/change_user_color.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe('change user color', function () {
   });
 
   it('Color picker remembers the user color after a refresh', function (done) {
-    this.timeout(5000);
+    this.timeout(10000);
     const chrome$ = helper.padChrome$;
 
     // click on the settings button to make settings visible
diff --git a/tests/frontend/specs/chat_load_messages.js b/tests/frontend/specs/chat_load_messages.js
index 7fb120a52..eb50d05f1 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/specs/chat_load_messages.js
+++ b/tests/frontend/specs/chat_load_messages.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ describe('chat-load-messages', function () {
   let padName;
 
   it('creates a pad', function (done) {
-    this.timeout(3000);
+    this.timeout(5000);
     padName = helper.newPad(done);
   });