diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/DatabaseAdminGaxTest.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/DatabaseAdminGaxTest.java
index ab6dd31d86fb..da18c57c278d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/DatabaseAdminGaxTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/DatabaseAdminGaxTest.java
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
             .setInitialRpcTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(200L))
             .setMaxRpcTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(200L))
             .setMaxAttempts(3)
-            .setTotalTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(500L))
+            .setTotalTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(1500L))
             .build();
     SpannerOptions.Builder builder =
         SpannerOptions.newBuilder()
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/InstanceAdminGaxTest.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/InstanceAdminGaxTest.java
index a50bdafe7b93..ce318af0624d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/InstanceAdminGaxTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/InstanceAdminGaxTest.java
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
             .setInitialRpcTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(200L))
             .setMaxRpcTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(200L))
             .setMaxAttempts(3)
-            .setTotalTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(500L))
+            .setTotalTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(1500L))
             .build();
     SpannerOptions.Builder builder =
         SpannerOptions.newBuilder()
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerGaxRetryTest.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerGaxRetryTest.java
index d1535c8d2bc0..f92737bfea9b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerGaxRetryTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerGaxRetryTest.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
             .setInitialRpcTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(500L))
             .setMaxRpcTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(500L))
             .setMaxAttempts(3)
-            .setTotalTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(1000L))
+            .setTotalTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(1500L))
             .build();
     RetrySettings commitRetrySettings =
         RetrySettings.newBuilder()