diff --git a/test/harp.js b/test/harp.js
index 711fe7ce..0109ed9d 100644
--- a/test/harp.js
+++ b/test/harp.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ describe("harp init", function() {
   })
 
   it("downloads the default boilerplate if it's not set", function(done) {
+    this.timeout(10000);
     nixt()
       .run('./bin/harp init /tmp/harp')
       .stdout(/Downloading.*harp-boilerplates\/default/)
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ describe("harp init", function() {
   })
 
   it("defaults to the harp-boilerplates github org when given a shorthand pattern", function(done) {
+    this.timeout(10000);
     nixt()
       .run('./bin/harp init /tmp/harp -b hb-start')
       .stdout(/Downloading.*harp-boilerplates\/hb-start/)
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ describe("harp init", function() {
   })
 
   it("honors -b option when given a user/repo pattern", function(done) {
+    this.timeout(10000);
     nixt()
       .run('./bin/harp init /tmp/harp -b zeke/harp-sample')
       .stdout(/Downloading.*zeke\/harp-sample/)