diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/components/skills/SkillProviderExample/Timeout.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/components/skills/SkillProviderExample/Timeout.cpp
index ddfc284c36e3da15ca34fdb657a9eeb6cc885f33..31dc03ae05caf0e2be256487e3a6a4294243e9d0 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/components/skills/SkillProviderExample/Timeout.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/components/skills/SkillProviderExample/Timeout.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace armarx::skills::provider
     {
         return SkillDescription{.skillId = SkillID{.skillName = "Timeout"},
                                 .description = "This fails with timeout reached",
-                                .timeout = armarx::core::time::Duration::Seconds(10)};
+                                .timeout = armarx::core::time::Duration::MilliSeconds(2000)};
     }
 
     PeriodicSkill::StepResult