diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/tox.ini b/deltachat-rpc-client/tox.ini
index 86962e798..1d0dba56c 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/tox.ini
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/tox.ini
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ passenv =
 deps =
     pytest
     pytest-asyncio
+    pytest-timeout
     aiohttp
     aiodns
 
@@ -27,3 +28,6 @@ deps =
 commands =
     black --quiet --check --diff src/ examples/ tests/
     ruff src/ examples/ tests/
+
+[pytest]
+timeout = 60