diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/TooManyJobsIT.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/TooManyJobsIT.java
index 073d1ee0904..b3685a9ecfc 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/TooManyJobsIT.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/TooManyJobsIT.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.integration;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchStatusException;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.CloseJobAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.GetJobsStatsAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.OpenJobAction;
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ public class TooManyJobsIT extends BaseMlIntegTestCase {
 
                 // close the first job and check if the latest job gets opened:
                 CloseJobAction.Request closeRequest = new CloseJobAction.Request("1");
+                closeRequest.setTimeout(TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(30L));
                 CloseJobAction.Response closeResponse = client().execute(CloseJobAction.INSTANCE, closeRequest).actionGet();
                 assertTrue(closeResponse.isClosed());
                 client().execute(OpenJobAction.INSTANCE, openJobRequest).get();
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/support/BaseMlIntegTestCase.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/support/BaseMlIntegTestCase.java
index 8f4574853d9..c934fabcceb 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/support/BaseMlIntegTestCase.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/support/BaseMlIntegTestCase.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESIntegTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.SecurityIntegTestCase;
@@ -158,8 +159,10 @@ public abstract class BaseMlIntegTestCase extends SecurityIntegTestCase {
         for (Map.Entry<String, Job> entry : mlMetadata.getJobs().entrySet()) {
             String jobId = entry.getKey();
             try {
+                CloseJobAction.Request closeRequest = new CloseJobAction.Request(jobId);
+                closeRequest.setTimeout(TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(30L));
                 CloseJobAction.Response response =
-                        client.execute(CloseJobAction.INSTANCE, new CloseJobAction.Request(jobId)).get();
+                        client.execute(CloseJobAction.INSTANCE, closeRequest).get();
                 assertTrue(response.isClosed());
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 // CONFLICT is ok, as it means the job has been closed already, which isn't an issue at all.