diff --git a/chat-intent-router.test.mjs b/chat-intent-router.test.mjs
index cd4be9c..071f746 100644
--- a/chat-intent-router.test.mjs
+++ b/chat-intent-router.test.mjs
@@ -1243,11 +1243,11 @@ test('createChatIntentRouter coerces LLM search route to web for realtime query'
 test('createChatIntentRouter timeout fallback prefers agent even when policy requests direct_chat', async () => {
   const router = createChatIntentRouter({
     enabled: true,
-    timeoutMs: 5,
+    timeoutMs: 40,
     fallbackRoute: CHAT_INTENT_ROUTE.DIRECT_CHAT,
     llmProviderService: {
       async createChatCompletion() {
-        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 250));
         return { ok: true, reply: '{"route":"direct_chat","confidence":0.9,"reason":"x","suggested_skill":null,"agent_brief":""}' };
       },
     },