diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index aa382ed97..b97080c67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
   changeset-check:
     name: Changeset Fixed Group Check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ jobs:
   test:
     name: Test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Bound the job so a stalled runner / non-exiting test worker fails fast and
+    # is retryable, instead of hanging up to GitHub's 6h default (the suite
+    # normally finishes in ~6 min).
+    timeout-minutes: 20
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -94,6 +99,7 @@ jobs:
   e2e:
     name: Build & E2E
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -177,6 +183,7 @@ jobs:
   docs:
     name: Build Docs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -244,6 +251,7 @@ jobs:
   dev-server:
     name: Dev-server fixture build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code