diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index db11753..12f127b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ jobs:
 
         ssh root@$IP "useradd --groups kvm --shell /bin/bash user && mkdir -p /home/user/.ssh && cp /root/.ssh/authorized_keys /home/user/.ssh/ && chown -R user:user /home/user"
 
+        timeout 10s
+
         ssh root@$IP "loginctl enable-linger user"
 
         scp ./out-of-tree root@$IP:/usr/local/bin/