diff --git a/rclcpp/test/CMakeLists.txt b/rclcpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
index bf2fa94..840c5de 100644
--- a/rclcpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rclcpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ rosidl_generate_interfaces(${PROJECT_NAME}_test_msgs
   SKIP_INSTALL
 )
 
-ament_add_gtest(test_allocator_memory_strategy rclcpp/strategies/test_allocator_memory_strategy.cpp)
+# Increasing timeout because connext can take a long time to destroy nodes
+# TODO(brawner) remove when destroying Node for Connext is resolved. See:
+# https://github.com/ros2/rclcpp/issues/1250
+ament_add_gtest(
+  test_allocator_memory_strategy
+  rclcpp/strategies/test_allocator_memory_strategy.cpp
+  TIMEOUT 360)
 if(TARGET test_allocator_memory_strategy)
   ament_target_dependencies(test_allocator_memory_strategy
     "rcl"
@@ -470,8 +476,13 @@ if(TARGET test_interface_traits)
   target_link_libraries(test_interface_traits ${PROJECT_NAME})
 endif()
 
-ament_add_gtest(test_executors rclcpp/executors/test_executors.cpp
-  APPEND_LIBRARY_DIRS "${append_library_dirs}")
+# TODO(brawner) remove when destroying Node for Connext is resolved. See:
+# https://github.com/ros2/rclcpp/issues/1250
+ament_add_gtest(
+  test_executors
+  rclcpp/executors/test_executors.cpp
+  APPEND_LIBRARY_DIRS "${append_library_dirs}"
+  TIMEOUT 180)
 if(TARGET test_executors)
   ament_target_dependencies(test_executors
     "rcl")