diff --git a/.jenkins/vision/run-tests.sh b/.jenkins/vision/run-tests.sh
index 667ad6da272c..aed0f9f50a96 100644
--- a/.jenkins/vision/run-tests.sh
+++ b/.jenkins/vision/run-tests.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ do
     RANDOM_SUFFIX=$(tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 </dev/urandom | head -c 4; echo)
     JUNIT_FAMILY=""
     JUNIT_XML=""
+    TIMEOUT_S=900 # 15 minutes timeout per test
     if [[ -n "$TEST_RESULTS_DIR" ]]; then
         LOG_DIR=$TEST_RESULTS_DIR
         LOG_FILENAME="test_${MODEL_CONFIG}_${RANDOM_SUFFIX}.xml"
@@ -52,8 +53,11 @@ do
         JUNIT_FAMILY="-o junit_family=xunit1"
         JUNIT_XML="--junitxml=${LOG_PATH}"
     fi
-    pytest -s test_enc_dec_model.py "$JUNIT_FAMILY" "$JUNIT_XML" || LOCAL_SUCCESS=$?
-
+    timeout $TIMEOUT_S pytest -s test_enc_dec_model.py "$JUNIT_FAMILY" "$JUNIT_XML" &
+    TEST_PROCESS=$!
+    wait $TEST_PROCESS
+    LOCAL_SUCCESS=$?
+    kill -9 $TEST_PROCESS 2> /dev/null || true
     if [[ $LOCAL_SUCCESS == 0 ]]; then
         echo "=== PASSED MODEL: ${MODEL_CONFIG} ==="
     else