diff --git a/packages/snyk-protect/test/unit/protect-unit-tests.spec.ts b/packages/snyk-protect/test/unit/protect-unit-tests.spec.ts
index 6902998c65..e7bf6a84a8 100644
--- a/packages/snyk-protect/test/unit/protect-unit-tests.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/snyk-protect/test/unit/protect-unit-tests.spec.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ import { PhysicalModuleToPatch, PackageAndVersion } from '../../src/lib/types';
 import { extractPatchMetadata } from '../../src/lib/snyk-file';
 import { checkProject } from '../../src/lib/explore-node-modules';
 import { getPatches } from '../../src/lib/get-patches';
-import { extractTargetFilePathFromPatch, patchString } from '../../src/lib/patch';
+import {
+  extractTargetFilePathFromPatch,
+  patchString,
+} from '../../src/lib/patch';
+
+// TODO: lower it once Protect stops hitting real Snyk API endpoints
+const testTimeout = 30000;
 
 describe('parsing .snyk file content', () => {
   it('works with a single patch', () => {
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ patch:
   SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746:
     - tap > nyc > istanbul-lib-instrument > babel-types > lodash:
         patched: '2021-02-17T13:43:51.857Z'
-  
+
   SNYK-FAKE-THEMODULE-000000:
     - top-level > some-other > the-module:
         patched: '2021-02-17T13:43:51.857Z'
@@ -173,35 +179,43 @@ describe('checkProject', () => {
 // These tests makes a real API calls to Snyk
 // TODO: would be better to mock the response
 describe('getPatches', () => {
-  it('seems to work', async () => {
-    const packageAndVersions: PackageAndVersion[] = [
-      {
-        name: 'lodash',
-        version: '4.17.15',
-      } as PackageAndVersion,
-    ];
-    const vulnIds = ['SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746'];
-    const patches = await getPatches(packageAndVersions, vulnIds);
-    expect(Object.keys(patches)).toEqual(['lodash']);
-    const lodashPatches = patches['lodash'];
-    expect(lodashPatches).toHaveLength(1);
-    const theOnePatch = lodashPatches[0];
-    expect(theOnePatch.id).toBe('patch:SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746:0');
-    expect(theOnePatch.diffs).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(theOnePatch.diffs[0]).toContain('index 9b95dfef..43e71ffb 100644'); // something from the actual patch
-  });
+  it(
+    'seems to work',
+    async () => {
+      const packageAndVersions: PackageAndVersion[] = [
+        {
+          name: 'lodash',
+          version: '4.17.15',
+        } as PackageAndVersion,
+      ];
+      const vulnIds = ['SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746'];
+      const patches = await getPatches(packageAndVersions, vulnIds);
+      expect(Object.keys(patches)).toEqual(['lodash']);
+      const lodashPatches = patches['lodash'];
+      expect(lodashPatches).toHaveLength(1);
+      const theOnePatch = lodashPatches[0];
+      expect(theOnePatch.id).toBe('patch:SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746:0');
+      expect(theOnePatch.diffs).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(theOnePatch.diffs[0]).toContain('index 9b95dfef..43e71ffb 100644'); // something from the actual patch
+    },
+    testTimeout,
+  );
 
-  it('does not download patch for non-applicable version', async () => {
-    const packageAndVersions: PackageAndVersion[] = [
-      {
-        name: 'lodash',
-        version: '4.17.20', // this version is not applicable to the patch
-      } as PackageAndVersion,
-    ];
-    const vulnIds = ['SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746'];
-    const patches = await getPatches(packageAndVersions, vulnIds);
-    expect(patches).toEqual({}); // expect nothing to be returned because SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746 does not apply to 4.17.20 of lodash
-  });
+  it(
+    'does not download patch for non-applicable version',
+    async () => {
+      const packageAndVersions: PackageAndVersion[] = [
+        {
+          name: 'lodash',
+          version: '4.17.20', // this version is not applicable to the patch
+        } as PackageAndVersion,
+      ];
+      const vulnIds = ['SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746'];
+      const patches = await getPatches(packageAndVersions, vulnIds);
+      expect(patches).toEqual({}); // expect nothing to be returned because SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746 does not apply to 4.17.20 of lodash
+    },
+    testTimeout,
+  );
 });
 
 describe('applying patches', () => {