diff --git a/ci-operator/config/netobserv/netobserv-operator/netobserv-netobserv-operator-main.yaml b/ci-operator/config/netobserv/netobserv-operator/netobserv-netobserv-operator-main.yaml
index 91f11d546defb..5701c4a50013d 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/netobserv/netobserv-operator/netobserv-netobserv-operator-main.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/netobserv/netobserv-operator/netobserv-netobserv-operator-main.yaml
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ tests:
     fi
 
     echo -e "\n###############  yamllint  ####################"
+    export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH
     go install github.com/google/yamlfmt/cmd/yamlfmt@latest
     find testdata/ -name '*.yaml' -o -name '*.yml' | while read -r f; do
       if ! yamlfmt -lint "$f" 2>&1; then
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ tests:
           cpu: 100m
     - ref: netobserv-ginkgo-tests
     workflow: optional-operators-ci-operator-sdk-aws
+  timeout: 8h0m0s
 zz_generated_metadata:
   branch: main
   org: netobserv
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/netobserv/netobserv-operator/netobserv-netobserv-operator-main-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/netobserv/netobserv-operator/netobserv-netobserv-operator-main-presubmits.yaml
index 59c8c13938839..e32bbfb45d9c8 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/netobserv/netobserv-operator/netobserv-netobserv-operator-main-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/netobserv/netobserv-operator/netobserv-netobserv-operator-main-presubmits.yaml
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ presubmits:
       - .ci-operator.yaml
       - Dockerfile
       - integration-tests/backend/Dockerfile
+      timeout: 8h0m0s
     labels:
       ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud: aws
       ci-operator.openshift.io/cloud-cluster-profile: openshift-org-aws
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/netobserv/ginkgo-tests/netobserv-ginkgo-tests-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/netobserv/ginkgo-tests/netobserv-ginkgo-tests-ref.yaml
index f81f4daf79a93..d1d4ca21bbf74 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/netobserv/ginkgo-tests/netobserv-ginkgo-tests-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/netobserv/ginkgo-tests/netobserv-ginkgo-tests-ref.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ref:
     requests:
       cpu: 100m
       memory: 256Mi
-  timeout: 60m
+  timeout: 8h
   env:
   - name: GINKGO_LABEL_FILTER
     default: ""
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ ref:
       Regex to filter tests by source file path. When set, only tests defined
       in matching files will run. Typically computed from PR changed files.
   - name: GINKGO_TIMEOUT
-    default: "50m"
-    documentation: Timeout for ginkgo test execution.
+    default: "8h"
+    documentation: Timeout for the full ginkgo test suite execution.
   - name: TEST_RUN_MODE
     default: "periodic"
     documentation: |-