diff --git a/playwright.config.js b/playwright.config.js
index 4b4dfdc22..237e2aa20 100644
--- a/playwright.config.js
+++ b/playwright.config.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const config = {
       use: {
         ...devices["Desktop Chrome"],
         contextOptions: {
-          timeout: 60000
+          timeout: 10000
         },
         hasTouch: true
       }
@@ -17,20 +17,21 @@ const config = {
       use: {
         ...devices["Desktop Firefox"],
         contextOptions: {
-          timeout: 60000
+          timeout: 10000
         },
         hasTouch: true
       }
     }
   ],
-  browserStartTimeout: 60000,
+  timeout: 10000,
+  browserStartTimeout: 10000,
   retries: 2,
   testDir: "./src/tests/",
   testMatch: /(functional|integration)\/.*_tests\.js/,
   webServer: {
     command: "yarn start",
     url: "http://localhost:9000/src/tests/fixtures/test.js",
-    timeout: 120 * 1000,
+    timeout: 10000,
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
     reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI
   },
diff --git a/src/tests/functional/rendering_tests.js b/src/tests/functional/rendering_tests.js
index 66a9d1af0..ff676eb96 100644
--- a/src/tests/functional/rendering_tests.js
+++ b/src/tests/functional/rendering_tests.js
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ test("waits for some time, but renders if CSS takes too much to load", async ({
   })
 
   await page.click("#additional-assets-link")
-  await nextEventNamed(page, "turbo:render")
+  await nextEventNamed(page, "turbo:render", {}, 5000)
 
   assert.equal(await page.textContent("h1"), "Additional assets")
   assert.equal(await isStylesheetEvaluated(page), false)
diff --git a/src/tests/helpers/page.js b/src/tests/helpers/page.js
index 34069bed7..a0027fc13 100644
--- a/src/tests/helpers/page.js
+++ b/src/tests/helpers/page.js
@@ -96,9 +96,13 @@ export async function nextPageRefresh(page, timeout = 500) {
   return sleep(pageRefreshDebouncePeriod + timeout)
 }
 
-export async function nextEventNamed(page, eventName, expectedDetail = {}) {
+export async function nextEventNamed(page, eventName, expectedDetail = {}, timeout = 2000) {
   let record
+  const startTime = new Date()
   while (!record) {
+    if (new Date() - startTime > timeout) {
+      throw new Error(`Event ${eventName} with ${JSON.stringify(expectedDetail)} wasn't dispatched within ${timeout}ms`)
+    }
     const records = await readEventLogs(page, 1)
     record = records.find(([name, detail]) => {
       return name == eventName && Object.entries(expectedDetail).every(([key, value]) => detail[key] === value)
@@ -107,9 +111,13 @@ export async function nextEventNamed(page, eventName, expectedDetail = {}) {
   return record[1]
 }
 
-export async function nextEventOnTarget(page, elementId, eventName) {
+export async function nextEventOnTarget(page, elementId, eventName, timeout = 2000) {
   let record
+  const startTime = new Date()
   while (!record) {
+    if (new Date() - startTime > timeout) {
+      throw new Error(`Element ${elementId} didn't dispatch event ${eventName} within ${timeout}ms`)
+    }
     const records = await readEventLogs(page, 1)
     record = records.find(([name, _, id]) => name == eventName && id == elementId)
   }
@@ -128,9 +136,13 @@ export async function listenForEventOnTarget(page, elementId, eventName) {
   }, eventName)
 }
 
-export async function nextBodyMutation(page) {
+export async function nextBodyMutation(page, timeout = 2000) {
   let record
+  const startTime = new Date()
   while (!record) {
+    if (new Date() - startTime > timeout) {
+      throw new Error(`body mutation didn't occur within ${timeout}ms`)
+    }
     [record] = await readBodyMutationLogs(page, 1)
   }
   return record[0]
@@ -141,9 +153,13 @@ export async function noNextBodyMutation(page) {
   return !records.some((record) => !!record)
 }
 
-export async function nextAttributeMutationNamed(page, elementId, attributeName) {
+export async function nextAttributeMutationNamed(page, elementId, attributeName, timeout = 2000) {
   let record
+  const startTime = new Date()
   while (!record) {
+    if (new Date() - startTime > timeout) {
+      throw new Error(`Element ${elementId}'s ${attributeName} attribute mutation didn't occur within ${timeout}ms`)
+    }
     const records = await readMutationLogs(page, 1)
     record = records.find(([name, id]) => name == attributeName && id == elementId)
   }