diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage-report.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage-report.yml
index 84fba7d39ec4..860bec411a89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage-report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage-report.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: clean up old coverage data
         if: ${{ matrix.test == 'all' }}
         continue-on-error: true
-        timeout-minutes: 1
+        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: |
           sudo find /ci-coverage -type f \( -name 'covcounters*' -o -name 'covmeta*' \) -mtime +2 -print -exec rm -f {} +
           umount /jfs-coverage