diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-staging.yml b/.github/workflows/cron-staging.yml
index 27bfad72cd..dec1ffc210 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-staging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron-staging.yml
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install Deps
         run: python -m pip install -U tox setuptools virtualenv wheel
-      - name: Install and Run Tests
+      - name: Install and Run Tests (Windows and Linux)
         run: tox -e terra-main
         if: runner.os != 'macOS'
-      - name: Install and Run Tests
+      - name: Install and Run Tests (Macs only)
         run: tox -e terra-main
         if: runner.os == 'macOS'
         env:
+          TEST_TIMEOUT: 120
           OMP_NUM_THREADS: 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 4f45bb6170..a0f990eaab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -49,8 +49,15 @@ jobs:
             stestr-
       - name: Install Deps
         run: python -m pip install -U tox setuptools virtualenv wheel stestr
-      - name: Install and Run Tests
+      - name: Install and Run Tests (Windows and Linux)
         run: tox -e py
+        if: runner.os != 'macOS'
+      - name: Install and Run Tests (Macs only)
+        run: tox -e py
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        env:
+          TEST_TIMEOUT: 120
+          OMP_NUM_THREADS: 1
       - name: Clean up stestr cache
         run: stestr history remove all
 
diff --git a/test/base.py b/test/base.py
index d1ad6e8ed6..dc7384afb9 100644
--- a/test/base.py
+++ b/test/base.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from .extended_equality import is_equivalent
 
 # Fail tests that take longer than this
-TEST_TIMEOUT = os.environ.get("TEST_TIMEOUT", 60)
+TEST_TIMEOUT = int(os.environ.get("TEST_TIMEOUT", 60))
 
 
 class QiskitExperimentsTestCase(QiskitTestCase):
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 70be5b521e..658e81e57a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ passenv =
   QISKIT_PARALLEL
   RAYON_NUM_THREADS
   QISKIT_IBM_*
+  TEST_TIMEOUT
 commands = stestr run {posargs}
 
 [testenv:cover]