diff --git a/test/shell/t5.sh b/test/shell/t5.sh
index 2053e9ab..33c6ebea 100755
--- a/test/shell/t5.sh
+++ b/test/shell/t5.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
-# should take slightly more than 35s, but fail if we take 45s)
-$timeout --kill-after=45s 40s ./mgmt run --yaml t5.yaml --converged-timeout=5 --no-watch --tmp-prefix &
+# should take slightly more than 35s, but fail if we take much longer)
+$timeout --kill-after=55s 50s ./mgmt run --yaml t5.yaml --converged-timeout=5 --no-watch --no-pgp --tmp-prefix &
 pid=$!
 wait $pid	# get exit status
 exit $?
diff --git a/test/shell/t5b.sh b/test/shell/t5b.sh
index 2053e9ab..7995128f 100755
--- a/test/shell/t5b.sh
+++ b/test/shell/t5b.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
-# should take slightly more than 35s, but fail if we take 45s)
-$timeout --kill-after=45s 40s ./mgmt run --yaml t5.yaml --converged-timeout=5 --no-watch --tmp-prefix &
+# should take slightly more than 35s, but fail if we take much longer)
+$timeout --kill-after=55s 50s ./mgmt run --yaml t5b.yaml --converged-timeout=5 --no-watch --no-pgp --tmp-prefix &
 pid=$!
 wait $pid	# get exit status
 exit $?