diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 05b274c37..893debbf7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Zip log files on failure
         if: ${{ failure() }}
+        timeout-minutes: 1 # timeout after 1 minute
         run: 7z a logs-itest-${{ matrix.name }}.zip lntest/itest/**/*.log
 
       - name: Upload log files on failure