diff --git a/packages/server/jest.config.js b/packages/server/jest.config.js
index 671827271..71156e196 100644
--- a/packages/server/jest.config.js
+++ b/packages/server/jest.config.js
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
 	testEnvironment: 'node',
 
-	slowTestThreshold: 20,
+	slowTestThreshold: 30,
+
+	setupFilesAfterEnv: [`${__dirname}/jest.setup.js`],
 };
diff --git a/packages/server/jest.setup.js b/packages/server/jest.setup.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac7733a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/jest.setup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// We don't want the tests to fail due to timeout, especially on CI, and certain
+// tests can take more time since we do integration testing too.
+jest.setTimeout(30 * 1000);
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/testUtils.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/testUtils.ts
index 4fa28e329..bdc8452a8 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/testUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/testUtils.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ const packageRootDir = `${__dirname}/../..`;
 
 let db_: DbConnection = null;
 
-// We don't want the tests to fail due to timeout, especially on CI, and certain
-// tests can take more time since we do integration testing too.
-jest.setTimeout(30 * 1000);
-
 // require('source-map-support').install();
 
 export async function beforeAllDb(unitName: string) {