diff --git a/web3.js/test/connection.test.js b/web3.js/test/connection.test.js
index 8a3a0ba053..771292e07f 100644
--- a/web3.js/test/connection.test.js
+++ b/web3.js/test/connection.test.js
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@
 import {Account} from '../src/account';
 import {Connection} from '../src/connection';
 import {SystemProgram} from '../src/system-program';
-import {mockRpc} from './__mocks__/node-fetch';
+import {mockRpc, mockRpcEnabled} from './__mocks__/node-fetch';
 import {url} from './url.js';
 
+if (!mockRpcEnabled) {
+  // The default of 5 seconds is too slow for live testing sometimes
+  jest.setTimeout(10000);
+}
+
+
 const errorMessage = 'Invalid request';
 const errorResponse = {
   error: {