diff --git a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/cache/BaseRegion.java b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/cache/BaseRegion.java
index b7ce4858c5..30b1ddc2df 100644
--- a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/cache/BaseRegion.java
+++ b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/cache/BaseRegion.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.hibernate.cache.spi.Region;
 class BaseRegion implements Region {
 	protected final Map cache = new ConcurrentHashMap();
 	private final String name;
+	private static int timeout = Timestamper.ONE_MS * 60000;  //60s
 
 	BaseRegion(String name) {
 		this.name = name;
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ class BaseRegion implements Region {
 
 	@Override
 	public int getTimeout() {
-		return Timestamper.ONE_MS * 600000;
+		return timeout;
 	}
 
 }