diff --git a/machines/dev/forgejo-ci/forgejo-actions-runner.nix b/machines/dev/forgejo-ci/forgejo-actions-runner.nix
index 7d38ec6d..9edad8af 100644
--- a/machines/dev/forgejo-ci/forgejo-actions-runner.nix
+++ b/machines/dev/forgejo-ci/forgejo-actions-runner.nix
@@ -99,8 +99,12 @@ in
   virtualisation = {
     ## For the Docker mode of the runner.
     ## Podman seemed to get stuck on the checkout step
-    docker.enable = true;
+    docker = {
+      enable = true;
+      daemon.settings.shutdown-timeout = 300;
+    };
     containers.containersConf.settings = {
+      service_timeout = 300;
       # podman (at least) seems to not work with systemd-resolved
       containers.dns_servers = [
         "8.8.8.8"