diff --git a/test/registered/8-gpu-models/test_ring_2_5_1t.py b/test/registered/8-gpu-models/test_ring_2_5_1t.py
index aa211b790..c7a139522 100644
--- a/test/registered/8-gpu-models/test_ring_2_5_1t.py
+++ b/test/registered/8-gpu-models/test_ring_2_5_1t.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ class TestRing2_5_1T(unittest.TestCase):
             "--trust-remote-code",
             "--model-loader-extra-config",
             '{"enable_multithread_load": true, "num_threads": 64}',
+            "--watchdog-timeout",
+            "1800",
         ]
 
         variants = [