diff --git a/ci/test_cpp.sh b/ci/test_cpp.sh
index 3d723fe8be3f..5b17d0ba71bd 100755
--- a/ci/test_cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/test_cpp.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fi
 
 if (( SUITEERROR == 0 )); then
     rapids-logger "Run libcudf_streaming gtests"
-    timeout 30m ./ci/run_cudf_streaming_ctests.sh -j20
+    timeout 5m ./ci/run_cudf_streaming_ctests.sh -j20
     SUITEERROR=$?
 fi