diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/loki/gather-loki-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/loki/gather-loki-ref.yaml
index 527ee2e8ce0ed..0be96779da811 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/loki/gather-loki-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/loki/gather-loki-ref.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ref:
     name: cli-jq
     tag: latest
   commands: gather-loki-commands.sh
+  active_deadline_seconds: 600
   resources:
     requests:
       cpu: 300m
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-ref.yaml
index 0e511454c1c02..4859357891e25 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-ref.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ ref:
   as: openshift-e2e-test
   from: tests
   commands: openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh
+  active_deadline_seconds: 7200
   env:
   - name: TEST_COMMAND
     default: run