diff --git a/packages/exec/__tests__/exec.test.ts b/packages/exec/__tests__/exec.test.ts
index cbe40323a6..5ee7a937d5 100644
--- a/packages/exec/__tests__/exec.test.ts
+++ b/packages/exec/__tests__/exec.test.ts
@@ -287,8 +287,6 @@ describe('@actions/exec', () => {
   })
 
   it('Handles child process holding streams open', async function() {
-    // this was timing out on some slower hosted macOS runs at default 5s
-    jest.setTimeout(10000)
     const semaphorePath = path.join(
       getTestTemp(),
       'child-process-semaphore.txt'
@@ -332,11 +330,9 @@ describe('@actions/exec', () => {
     ).toBe(1)
 
     fs.unlinkSync(semaphorePath)
-  })
+  }, 10000) // this was timing out on some slower hosted macOS runs at default 5s
 
   it('Handles child process holding streams open and non-zero exit code', async function() {
-    // this was timing out on some slower hosted macOS runs at default 5s
-    jest.setTimeout(10000)
     const semaphorePath = path.join(
       getTestTemp(),
       'child-process-semaphore.txt'
@@ -388,7 +384,7 @@ describe('@actions/exec', () => {
     ).toBe(1)
 
     fs.unlinkSync(semaphorePath)
-  })
+  }, 10000) // this was timing out on some slower hosted macOS runs at default 5s
 
   it('Handles child process holding streams open and stderr', async function() {
     const semaphorePath = path.join(
@@ -646,8 +642,6 @@ describe('@actions/exec', () => {
       // when using the windowsVerbatimArguments option. otherwise the target process
       // interprets the args as starting after the first space in the tool path.
 
-      jest.setTimeout(10000) // test was timing out on slower windows runs
-
       const exePath = compileArgsExe('print args exe with spaces.exe')
       const args: string[] = ['myarg1 myarg2']
       const outStream = new StringStream()
@@ -668,7 +662,7 @@ describe('@actions/exec', () => {
         `[command]"${exePath}" myarg1 myarg2`
       )
       expect(output.trim()).toBe("args[0]: 'myarg1'\r\nargs[1]: 'myarg2'")
-    })
+    }, 10000) // slower windows runs timeout, so upping timeout to 10s (from default of 5s)
 
     it('execs .cmd with a space and with verbatim args (Windows)', async () => {
       // this test validates the quoting that tool runner adds around the script path.