diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/pipeline.yml b/.gitlab-ci/pipeline.yml
index 310c15703942703f3194078ec3d47dd63716173e..1639a8c03e09506272d70cb0d897f406ab0199b5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/pipeline.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ variables:
     SE_NODE_MAX_SESSIONS: "16"
     SE_SESSION_RETRY_INTERVAL: "1"
     SE_SESSION_REQUEST_TIMEOUT: "30"
-    SE_NODE_SESSION_TIMEOUT: "5"
+    SE_NODE_SESSION_TIMEOUT: "3"
     SE_START_XVFB: "false"
     SE_START_VNC: "false"