diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile b/.docker/Dockerfile
index d9681621086f763ccdb5c4676943835610e98bd6..c2909e7385673a4a583cfde9181af1dd2fc3ce62 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ RUN git clone https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-pylib.git && \
 COPY . /git
 RUN rm -r /git/.git && mv /git/.docker/pycaosdb.ini /git 
 WORKDIR /git
-CMD /wait-for-it.sh caosdb-server:10443 -t 120 -- tox
+CMD /wait-for-it.sh caosdb-server:10443 -t 300 -- tox