diff --git a/tests/test_suites/llm/grpo-nanov3-30BA3B-2n8g-fsdp2.sh b/tests/test_suites/llm/grpo-nanov3-30BA3B-2n8g-fsdp2.sh
index 59340fa6449..59b4c77affd 100755
--- a/tests/test_suites/llm/grpo-nanov3-30BA3B-2n8g-fsdp2.sh
+++ b/tests/test_suites/llm/grpo-nanov3-30BA3B-2n8g-fsdp2.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ GPUS_PER_NODE=8
 STEPS_PER_RUN=10
 MAX_STEPS=10
 NUM_RUNS=$(( (MAX_STEPS + STEPS_PER_RUN - 1) / STEPS_PER_RUN ))  # Round up
-NUM_MINUTES=45
+NUM_MINUTES=50
 # ===== END CONFIG =====
 
 exit_if_max_steps_reached
diff --git a/tests/test_suites/llm/grpo-nanov3-30BA3B-2n8g-megatron-pack-cp-tq_simple.sh b/tests/test_suites/llm/grpo-nanov3-30BA3B-2n8g-megatron-pack-cp-tq_simple.sh
index b40db4ad49f..56850083541 100755
--- a/tests/test_suites/llm/grpo-nanov3-30BA3B-2n8g-megatron-pack-cp-tq_simple.sh
+++ b/tests/test_suites/llm/grpo-nanov3-30BA3B-2n8g-megatron-pack-cp-tq_simple.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ GPUS_PER_NODE=8
 STEPS_PER_RUN=3
 MAX_STEPS=3
 NUM_RUNS=$(( (MAX_STEPS + STEPS_PER_RUN - 1) / STEPS_PER_RUN ))  # Round up
-NUM_MINUTES=30
+NUM_MINUTES=35
 # ===== END CONFIG =====
 
 source "$SCRIPT_DIR/common-tq.env"
diff --git a/tests/test_suites/llm/grpo-qwen2.5-32b-32n8g-fsdp2tp8-actckpt.v3.sh b/tests/test_suites/llm/grpo-qwen2.5-32b-32n8g-fsdp2tp8-actckpt.v3.sh
index a79e9002f6d..8385eb5877f 100755
--- a/tests/test_suites/llm/grpo-qwen2.5-32b-32n8g-fsdp2tp8-actckpt.v3.sh
+++ b/tests/test_suites/llm/grpo-qwen2.5-32b-32n8g-fsdp2tp8-actckpt.v3.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ NUM_NODES=32
 STEPS_PER_RUN=2  # step_time: [220, 310]
 MAX_STEPS=2
 NUM_RUNS=$(( (MAX_STEPS + STEPS_PER_RUN - 1) / STEPS_PER_RUN ))  # Round up
-NUM_MINUTES=30
+NUM_MINUTES=35
 # ===== END CONFIG =====
 
 exit_if_max_steps_reached
diff --git a/tests/test_suites/llm/sft-nanov3-30BA3B-2n8g-fsdp2-lora.sh b/tests/test_suites/llm/sft-nanov3-30BA3B-2n8g-fsdp2-lora.sh
index 71056bb4e1a..8c1dee55a69 100755
--- a/tests/test_suites/llm/sft-nanov3-30BA3B-2n8g-fsdp2-lora.sh
+++ b/tests/test_suites/llm/sft-nanov3-30BA3B-2n8g-fsdp2-lora.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ NUM_NODES=2
 STEPS_PER_RUN=20  # step_time ~ 10sec
 MAX_STEPS=20
 NUM_RUNS=$(( (MAX_STEPS + STEPS_PER_RUN - 1) / STEPS_PER_RUN ))  # Round up
-NUM_MINUTES=30 # Usually 15 minutes is enough for 20 steps, but we add a buffer of 3 minutes in metrics check (30min to buffer for initial ckpt download)
+NUM_MINUTES=35 # Usually 15 minutes is enough for 20 steps, but we add a buffer of 3 minutes in metrics check (30min to buffer for initial ckpt download)
 # ===== END CONFIG =====
 
 exit_if_max_steps_reached
diff --git a/tests/test_suites/llm/sft-qwen2.5-32b-4n8g-fsdp2tp8sp-actckpt.v3.sh b/tests/test_suites/llm/sft-qwen2.5-32b-4n8g-fsdp2tp8sp-actckpt.v3.sh
index 799a04c300b..71ad3c27b3b 100755
--- a/tests/test_suites/llm/sft-qwen2.5-32b-4n8g-fsdp2tp8sp-actckpt.v3.sh
+++ b/tests/test_suites/llm/sft-qwen2.5-32b-4n8g-fsdp2tp8sp-actckpt.v3.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ NUM_NODES=4
 STEPS_PER_RUN=20  # step_time ~ 29sec
 MAX_STEPS=20
 NUM_RUNS=$(( (MAX_STEPS + STEPS_PER_RUN - 1) / STEPS_PER_RUN ))  # Round up
-NUM_MINUTES=30
+NUM_MINUTES=35
 # ===== END CONFIG =====
 
 exit_if_max_steps_reached