diff --git a/tests/env-vars.sh b/tests/env-vars.sh
index 69c9cc1b6..17253dfcd 100755
--- a/tests/env-vars.sh
+++ b/tests/env-vars.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ export SKYSCAN_MQ_FROMCLIENT_AUTH_TOKEN=${SKYSCAN_MQ_FROMCLIENT_AUTH_TOKEN:-""}
 export SKYSCAN_MQ_FROMCLIENT_BROKER_TYPE=${SKYSCAN_MQ_FROMCLIENT_BROKER_TYPE:-"rabbitmq"}
 export SKYSCAN_MQ_FROMCLIENT_BROKER_ADDRESS=${SKYSCAN_MQ_FROMCLIENT_BROKER_ADDRESS:-""} # note: set in ci job
 
-export EWMS_PILOT_TASK_TIMEOUT=${EWMS_PILOT_TASK_TIMEOUT:-600}
+export EWMS_PILOT_TASK_TIMEOUT=${EWMS_PILOT_TASK_TIMEOUT:-10}
+export EWMS_PILOT_TIMEOUT_QUEUE_WAIT_FOR_FIRST_MESSAGE=${EWMS_PILOT_TIMEOUT_QUEUE_WAIT_FOR_FIRST_MESSAGE:-60}
 
 export EWMS_PILOT_KEEP_ALL_TASK_FILES="True" # don't delete stderr/stdout files