diff --git a/test/eightqueens/test_8q.sh b/test/eightqueens/test_8q.sh
index a8e4ad5443f32f1f620652cb61519825ede142c5..f8d6090557245d65654c775fd51fd12279daddb8 100755
--- a/test/eightqueens/test_8q.sh
+++ b/test/eightqueens/test_8q.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
-export AFL_TIMEOUT=20
+export AFL_TIMEOUT=10
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$SECURITY_TRANSFORMS_HOME/lib/:. 
 export AFL_SKIP_CPUFREQ=1
 export AFL_SKIP_BIN_CHECK=1