diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/core-dump/gather-core-dump-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/core-dump/gather-core-dump-ref.yaml
index c2031589e5769..9c1dac9a8c353 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/core-dump/gather-core-dump-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/gather/core-dump/gather-core-dump-ref.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ref:
   optional_on_success: true
   from: cli
   commands: gather-core-dump-commands.sh
+  active_deadline_seconds: 600
   resources:
     requests:
       cpu: 300m