diff --git a/basice2e/run.sh b/basice2e/run.sh
index 602fe7dcc88289d72a30799f6eab357319ef8980..aa55b244715e8792653e5c37eb4445ee954d39ea 100755
--- a/basice2e/run.sh
+++ b/basice2e/run.sh
@@ -271,11 +271,11 @@ then
     wait $PIDVAL2
 
     echo "FORCING MESSAGE PICKUP RETRY... (NON-E2E, PRECAN)"
-    CLIENTCMD="timeout 240s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry --unsafe -l $CLIENTOUT/client20.log -s blob20 --sendid 20 --destid 21 --sendCount 10 --receiveCount 10 -m \"Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption\""
+    CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry --unsafe -l $CLIENTOUT/client20.log -s blob20 --sendid 20 --destid 21 --sendCount 10 --receiveCount 10 -m \"Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption\""
     eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client20.txt || true &
     PIDVAL=$!
     echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"
-    CLIENTCMD="timeout 240s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry --unsafe -l $CLIENTOUT/client21.log -s blob21 --sendid 21 --destid 20 --sendCount 10 --receiveCount 10 -m \"Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption\""
+    CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry --unsafe -l $CLIENTOUT/client21.log -s blob21 --sendid 21 --destid 20 --sendCount 10 --receiveCount 10 -m \"Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption\""
     eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client21.txt || true &
     PIDVAL2=$!
     echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"
@@ -402,11 +402,11 @@ wait $PIDVAL
 wait $PIDVAL2
 
 echo "FORCING MESSAGE PICKUP RETRY... "
-CLIENTCMD="timeout 240s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -l $CLIENTOUT/client20.log -s blob20 --sendid 20 --destid 21 --sendCount 8 --receiveCount 8 -m \"Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption\""
+CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -l $CLIENTOUT/client20.log -s blob20 --sendid 20 --destid 21 --sendCount 8 --receiveCount 8 -m \"Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption\""
 eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client20.txt || true &
 PIDVAL=$!
 echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"
-CLIENTCMD="timeout 240s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -l $CLIENTOUT/client21.log -s blob21 --sendid 21 --destid 20 --sendCount 8 --receiveCount 8 -m \"Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption\""
+CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -l $CLIENTOUT/client21.log -s blob21 --sendid 21 --destid 20 --sendCount 8 --receiveCount 8 -m \"Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption\""
 eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client21.txt || true &
 PIDVAL2=$!
 echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"