diff --git a/src/dev/jest/config.js b/src/dev/jest/config.js
index 33d889e373e2d..b01a96647c83e 100644
--- a/src/dev/jest/config.js
+++ b/src/dev/jest/config.js
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export default {
   setupFilesAfterEnv: [
     '<rootDir>/src/dev/jest/setup/mocks.js',
     '<rootDir>/src/dev/jest/setup/react_testing_library.js',
+    '<rootDir>/src/dev/jest/setup/default_timeout.js',
   ],
   coverageDirectory: '<rootDir>/target/kibana-coverage/jest',
   coverageReporters: ['html', 'text'],
diff --git a/src/dev/jest/setup/default_timeout.js b/src/dev/jest/setup/default_timeout.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..eea38e745b960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dev/jest/setup/default_timeout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/* eslint-env jest */
+
+/**
+ * Set the default timeout for the unit tests to 30 seconds, temporarily
+ */
+jest.setTimeout(30 * 1000);
diff --git a/x-pack/dev-tools/jest/create_jest_config.js b/x-pack/dev-tools/jest/create_jest_config.js
index fe5de3947c33e..e5e960f9ccc85 100644
--- a/x-pack/dev-tools/jest/create_jest_config.js
+++ b/x-pack/dev-tools/jest/create_jest_config.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export function createJestConfig({ kibanaDirectory, rootDir, xPackKibanaDirector
       `${xPackKibanaDirectory}/dev-tools/jest/setup/setup_test.js`,
       `${kibanaDirectory}/src/dev/jest/setup/mocks.js`,
       `${kibanaDirectory}/src/dev/jest/setup/react_testing_library.js`,
+      `${kibanaDirectory}/src/dev/jest/setup/default_timeout.js`,
     ],
     testEnvironment: 'jest-environment-jsdom-thirteen',
     testMatch: ['**/*.test.{js,mjs,ts,tsx}'],