diff --git a/.github/workflows/runtests.yml b/.github/workflows/runtests.yml
index 2f1755d..44604ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/runtests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/runtests.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 1
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: [ '3.6', '3.7', '3.8', '3.9' ]  # Make sure this matches the supported versions in setup.py