diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/021_row_visibility.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/021_row_visibility.pl
index 8a466e56e0f..fac6646a872 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/021_row_visibility.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/021_row_visibility.pl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ $node_standby->start;
 # instance being driven by us, add a timeout high enough that it
 # should never trigger even on very slow machines, unless something
 # is really wrong.
-my $psql_timeout = IPC::Run::timer(30);
+my $psql_timeout = IPC::Run::timer(300);
 
 # One psql to primary and standby each, for all queries. That allows
 # to check uncommitted changes being replicated and such.