diff --git a/tests/meshmsjava b/tests/meshmsjava
index 61dc79b3..28739d04 100755
--- a/tests/meshmsjava
+++ b/tests/meshmsjava
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ grepall() {
 doc_MeshmsListMessagesNewSinceArrival="Java API list newly arriving MeshMS messages in one conversation"
 setup_MeshmsListMessagesNewSinceArrival() {
    set_extra_config() {
-      executeOk_servald config set api.restful.newsince_timeout 60s \
+      executeOk_servald config set api.restful.newsince_timeout 360s \
                                set api.restful.newsince_poll_ms 1000
    }
    setup
diff --git a/tests/meshmsrestful b/tests/meshmsrestful
index 1f227d5c..9da566aa 100755
--- a/tests/meshmsrestful
+++ b/tests/meshmsrestful
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ test_MeshmsListMessagesNewSinceArrival() {
       'A') waitfor="ACK";;
       *) error "message=${message}";;
       esac
-      wait_until grepall "$waitfor" newsince{1,2,3}.json
+      wait_until --timeout=120 grepall "$waitfor" newsince{1,2,3}.json
    done
    fork_terminate_all
    fork_wait_all