diff --git a/test/functional/tool_bitcoin_chainstate.py b/test/functional/tool_bitcoin_chainstate.py
index 7795b20df70..cc6a2228ad2 100755
--- a/test/functional/tool_bitcoin_chainstate.py
+++ b/test/functional/tool_bitcoin_chainstate.py
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ class BitcoinChainstateTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
             stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-            text=True
+            text=True,
         )
-        stdout, stderr = proc.communicate(input=input + "\n", timeout=5)
+        stdout, stderr = proc.communicate(input=input + "\n", timeout=5 * self.options.timeout_factor)
         self.log.debug("STDOUT: {0}".format(stdout.strip("\n")))
         self.log.info("STDERR: {0}".format(stderr.strip("\n")))