diff --git a/packages/app/playwright.config.ts b/packages/app/playwright.config.ts
index ac4064c71a..78524bd2f9 100644
--- a/packages/app/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/app/playwright.config.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ const NO_SELF_TELEMETRY = 'HDX_EXPORTER_ENABLED=false';
 // Timeout configuration constants (in milliseconds)
 const TEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 60 * 1000; // 60 seconds per test
 const API_SERVER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS = 120 * 1000; // 2 minutes for API to start
-const APP_SERVER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS = 180 * 1000; // 3 minutes for Next.js build + start
+// The Next.js build alone exceeds 3 minutes on the 4-vCPU runner fork PRs use.
+const APP_SERVER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS = 360 * 1000;
 
 /**
  * @see https://playwright.dev/docs/test-configuration