diff --git a/vitest.config.ts b/vitest.config.ts
index 88ecb02e0..160dc4ba2 100644
--- a/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/vitest.config.ts
@@ -166,8 +166,13 @@ export default defineConfig({
 		],
 
 		// ── Timeouts ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-		testTimeout: 30_000,
-		hookTimeout: 30_000,
+		// Cold vitest+esbuild module-graph import takes 16-25s on this repo
+		// (dynamic imports of captures.js and friends). 30s tests-timeout was
+		// racing the import phase, producing spurious 30s failures across
+		// dev-engine, ensure-db-open, workflow-mcp, sf-tools, verification-gate,
+		// etc. 60s gives the import time to settle without losing real-bug signal.
+		testTimeout: 60_000,
+		hookTimeout: 60_000,
 
 		// ── Pool: forks = one Node process per test file (best for Node.js tests) ─
 		pool: "forks",