diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-litellm-matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/test-litellm-matrix.yml
index 6c4b5ab867f..82a06592af8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-litellm-matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-litellm-matrix.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 20 # Increased from 15 to 20
+    timeout-minutes: 30 # Root shard now runs close to 20m on CI; leave headroom for reruns/coverage upload
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: