diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
index 85a12f978..814edd7be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m langflow run --host 127.0.0.1 --port 7860 &
           SERVER_PID=$!
           # Wait for the server to start
-          timeout 40 bash -c 'until curl -f http://127.0.0.1:7860/health; do sleep 1; done' || (echo "Server did not start in time" && kill $SERVER_PID && exit 1)
+          timeout 120 bash -c 'until curl -f http://127.0.0.1:7860/health; do sleep 2; done' || (echo "Server did not start in time" && kill $SERVER_PID && exit 1)
           # Terminate the server
           kill $SERVER_PID || (echo "Failed to terminate the server" && exit 1)
           sleep 10 # give the server some time to terminate