diff --git a/run_config/fvp-linux.sgi b/run_config/fvp-linux.sgi
index 0b8a471..78986e8 100644
--- a/run_config/fvp-linux.sgi
+++ b/run_config/fvp-linux.sgi
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 fetch_tf_resource() {
 	kernel_type="fvp-sgi-busybox" get_kernel
 	initrd_type="fvp-sgi-ramdisk" get_initrd
-	uart="1" set_primary="1" file="linux-busybox-sgi.exp" track_expect
+	uart="1" timeout="1800" set_primary="1" file="linux-busybox-sgi.exp" track_expect
 	uart="0" file="trusted-firmware-sgi.exp" track_expect
 
 
diff --git a/run_config/fvp-tftf b/run_config/fvp-tftf
index cfc0042..17bd076 100644
--- a/run_config/fvp-tftf
+++ b/run_config/fvp-tftf
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2019-2022 Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
 
 fetch_tf_resource() {
-	uart="0" file="tftf.exp" track_expect
+	uart="0" timeout="1200" file="tftf.exp" track_expect
 	uart="1" file="hold_uart.exp" track_expect
 
 	payload_type="tftf" gen_fvp_yaml_template