diff --git a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
index d4030475c7f1d4461d5a812d003e1b21e2bd70d6..1cf66eea12099add086fb39fe07174e95c6ba425 100644
--- a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ RUN declare -A arch=(                                                   \
  && spack config blame packages                                         \
  && spack config --scope site add "config:suppress_gpg_warnings:true"   \
  && spack config --scope site add "config:build_jobs:${jobs}"           \
+ && spack config --scope site add "config:db_lock_timeout:120"          \
  && spack config --scope site add "config:install_tree:root:/opt/software" \
  && spack config blame config                                           \
  && spack compiler find --scope site                                    \