diff --git a/tests/qemu/munet-cloud.yaml b/tests/qemu/munet-cloud.yaml
index 6c4843d..9624791 100644
--- a/tests/qemu/munet-cloud.yaml
+++ b/tests/qemu/munet-cloud.yaml
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ kinds:
       # disk-template: "https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/7/images/x86_64/Rocky-8-GenericCloud-Base.latest.x86_64.qcow2"
       # disk-template: "https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/images/x86_64/Rocky-9-GenericCloud-Base.latest.x86_64.qcow2"
       cloud-init: true
-      # console:
+      console:
       #   user: "root"
       #   password: "foobar"
-      #   timeout: 3600
+        timeout: 600
       memory: "1G"
       kvm: true
       ncpu: 2
diff --git a/tests/qemu/munet-vm.yaml b/tests/qemu/munet-vm.yaml
index f482c3c..ed5b49c 100644
--- a/tests/qemu/munet-vm.yaml
+++ b/tests/qemu/munet-vm.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ kinds:
       console:
         user: "root"
         password: "foobar"
-        timeout: 3600
+        timeout: 600
       memory: "1G"
       kvm: true
       ncpu: 2
diff --git a/tests/qemu/munet.yaml b/tests/qemu/munet.yaml
index d5527d9..dec11f2 100644
--- a/tests/qemu/munet.yaml
+++ b/tests/qemu/munet.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ kinds:
       kernel: "%CONFIGDIR%/bzImage"
       initrd: "%CONFIGDIR%/rootfs.cpio.gz"
       cmdline-extra: "nokaslr"
+      console:
+        timeout: 600
       memory: "1G"
       kvm: true
       ncpu: 2