diff --git a/torchbenchmark/util/experiment/instantiator.py b/torchbenchmark/util/experiment/instantiator.py
index 80c63f58ff..fbfce877ad 100644
--- a/torchbenchmark/util/experiment/instantiator.py
+++ b/torchbenchmark/util/experiment/instantiator.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from torchbenchmark.util.model import BenchmarkModel
 from torchbenchmark import _list_model_paths, load_model_by_name, ModelTask
 
-WORKER_TIMEOUT = 600 # seconds
+WORKER_TIMEOUT = 1800 # seconds
 BS_FIELD_NAME = "batch_size"
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass