diff --git a/consensus/reactor_test.go b/consensus/reactor_test.go
index dda33c249..7383c790c 100644
--- a/consensus/reactor_test.go
+++ b/consensus/reactor_test.go
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func timeoutWaitGroup(t *testing.T, n int, f func(*sync.WaitGroup, int), css []*
 
 	// we're running many nodes in-process, possibly in in a virtual machine,
 	// and spewing debug messages - making a block could take a while,
-	timeout := time.Second * 60
+	timeout := time.Second * 300
 
 	select {
 	case <-done: