diff --git a/test/stasis/check_bufferManager.c b/test/stasis/check_bufferManager.c
index fe7a9f3..6fce3df 100644
--- a/test/stasis/check_bufferManager.c
+++ b/test/stasis/check_bufferManager.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ Suite * check_suite(void) {
   Suite *s = suite_create("bufferManager");
   /* Begin a new test */
   TCase *tc = tcase_create("multithreaded");
-  tcase_set_timeout(tc, 3600); // one hour timeout
+  tcase_set_timeout(tc, 3*3600); // three hour timeout
   /* Sub tests are added, one per line, here */
   tcase_add_test(tc, pageSingleThreadTest);
   tcase_add_test(tc, pageSingleThreadWriterTest);