diff --git a/ansible/files/supabase_admin_agent_config/supabase-admin-agent_salt.service.j2 b/ansible/files/supabase_admin_agent_config/supabase-admin-agent_salt.service.j2
index d5647c8865..bbae7edef0 100644
--- a/ansible/files/supabase_admin_agent_config/supabase-admin-agent_salt.service.j2
+++ b/ansible/files/supabase_admin_agent_config/supabase-admin-agent_salt.service.j2
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Requires=local-fs.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+TimeoutStartSec=1h
 {% if qemu %}
 ExecStart=/opt/supabase-admin-agent/supabase-admin-agent --config /opt/supabase-admin-agent/config.yaml salt --apply --store-result --targets-key  targetsv3-main.yaml
 User=root