diff --git a/benchmarks/diffractive_vm/config.yml b/benchmarks/diffractive_vm/config.yml
index 91d1c9ca5e10bebfaaa677d296260425fa017d28..e5551d867bd1c7c85d68a6e08b67cdc9cac17277 100644
--- a/benchmarks/diffractive_vm/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/diffractive_vm/config.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ diffractive_vm:simulate:
     matrix:
       - VM: phi
       - VM: jpsi
-  timeout: 96 hour
+  timeout: 2 hours
   script:
     - snakemake --cores 10 diffractive_vm_run_locally
   retry: