diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index a1d2db0b..3bdf3675 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
           cargo fuzz build --no-default-features fuzz_read
       - name: run fuzz
         run: |
-          cargo fuzz run fuzz_read -- -timeout=5s -jobs=100 -workers=2 -runs=1000000 -max_len=5000000000
+          cargo fuzz run fuzz_read -- -timeout=1s -jobs=100 -workers=2 -runs=1000000 -max_len=5000000000
       - name: Upload any failure inputs
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3