diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-builds.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-builds.yml
index b6606637f4..c797155da2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-builds.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
             -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom \
             -Dakka.test.sigar=true \
             -Dakka.cluster.assert=on \
-            -Dakka.test.timefactor=10 \
+            -Dakka.test.timefactor=2 \
             -Dakka.test.tags.exclude=gh-exclude \
             clean akka-cluster-metrics/test
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
           ## TODO: restore the multi-node tests
           sbt -jvm-opts .jvmopts-ci \
             -Dakka.build.scalaVersion=${{ matrix.scalaVersion }} \
-            -Dakka.test.timefactor=10 \
+            -Dakka.test.timefactor=2 \
             -Dakka.cluster.assert=on \
             -Dakka.test.multi-in-test=${{ matrix.scalaVersion == '2.13' }} \
             -Dakka.test.tags.exclude=gh-exclude \