diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index e5421966b..978fd91c5 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 /** @type {import('jest').Config} */
 const config = {
+	testTimeout: 30000,
 	prettierPath: require.resolve("prettier-2"),
 	forceExit: true,
 	setupFilesAfterEnv: ["<rootDir>/test/setupTestFramework.js"],
diff --git a/test/ChangesAndRemovals.test.js b/test/ChangesAndRemovals.test.js
index 11c3761ee..e1baba690 100644
--- a/test/ChangesAndRemovals.test.js
+++ b/test/ChangesAndRemovals.test.js
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ function createFiles() {
 	);
 }
 
-jest.setTimeout(30000);
-
 describe("ChangesAndRemovals", () => {
 	beforeEach((done) => {
 		cleanup((err) => {
diff --git a/test/Compiler-caching.test.js b/test/Compiler-caching.test.js
index 859c3f089..2f3fa7e11 100644
--- a/test/Compiler-caching.test.js
+++ b/test/Compiler-caching.test.js
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ const rimraf = require("rimraf");
 let fixtureCount = 0;
 
 describe("Compiler (caching)", () => {
-	jest.setTimeout(15000);
-
 	function compile(entry, options, callback) {
 		const webpack = require("..");
 
diff --git a/test/Compiler-filesystem-caching.test.js b/test/Compiler-filesystem-caching.test.js
index 2958d4109..88544c396 100644
--- a/test/Compiler-filesystem-caching.test.js
+++ b/test/Compiler-filesystem-caching.test.js
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ const rimraf = require("rimraf");
 let fixtureCount = 0;
 
 describe("Compiler (filesystem caching)", () => {
-	jest.setTimeout(5000);
-
 	const tempFixturePath = path.join(
 		__dirname,
 		"fixtures",
diff --git a/test/Compiler.test.js b/test/Compiler.test.js
index 44b6b23c9..4b7836600 100644
--- a/test/Compiler.test.js
+++ b/test/Compiler.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ const captureStdio = require("./helpers/captureStdio");
 const deprecationTracking = require("./helpers/deprecationTracking");
 
 describe("Compiler", () => {
-	jest.setTimeout(20000);
 	function compile(entry, options, callback) {
 		const noOutputPath = !options.output || !options.output.path;
 
diff --git a/test/HotModuleReplacementPlugin.test.js b/test/HotModuleReplacementPlugin.test.js
index 43f0ccfc1..315c47d1a 100644
--- a/test/HotModuleReplacementPlugin.test.js
+++ b/test/HotModuleReplacementPlugin.test.js
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ const fs = require("graceful-fs");
 const webpack = require("..");
 
 describe("HotModuleReplacementPlugin", () => {
-	jest.setTimeout(20000);
-
 	it("should not have circular hashes but equal if unmodified", (done) => {
 		const entryFile = path.join(
 			__dirname,
diff --git a/test/MultiCompiler.test.js b/test/MultiCompiler.test.js
index 306f3dc61..e5800bcc0 100644
--- a/test/MultiCompiler.test.js
+++ b/test/MultiCompiler.test.js
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ const createMultiCompiler = (options) => {
 };
 
 describe("MultiCompiler", () => {
-	jest.setTimeout(20000);
-
 	it("should trigger 'run' for each child compiler", (done) => {
 		const compiler = createMultiCompiler();
 		let called = 0;
diff --git a/test/NodeTemplatePlugin.test.js b/test/NodeTemplatePlugin.test.js
index bbe758092..d543a9be0 100644
--- a/test/NodeTemplatePlugin.test.js
+++ b/test/NodeTemplatePlugin.test.js
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ const path = require("path");
 
 // cspell:word nodetest
 describe("NodeTemplatePlugin", () => {
-	jest.setTimeout(20000);
-
 	it("should compile and run a simple module", (done) => {
 		const webpack = require("..");
 
diff --git a/test/Watch.test.js b/test/Watch.test.js
index fb544f89e..42d3eb680 100644
--- a/test/Watch.test.js
+++ b/test/Watch.test.js
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ const path = require("path");
 const { Volume, createFsFromVolume } = require("memfs");
 const webpack = require("..");
 
-jest.setTimeout(10000);
-
 describe("Watch", () => {
 	it("should only compile a single time", (done) => {
 		let counterBeforeCompile = 0;
diff --git a/test/WatchClose.test.js b/test/WatchClose.test.js
index 8ad845f09..703893643 100644
--- a/test/WatchClose.test.js
+++ b/test/WatchClose.test.js
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ require("./helpers/warmup-webpack");
 const path = require("path");
 
 describe("WatchClose", () => {
-	jest.setTimeout(5000);
-
 	describe("multiple calls watcher", () => {
 		const fixturePath = path.join(__dirname, "fixtures");
 		const outputPath = path.join(__dirname, "js/WatchClose");
diff --git a/test/WatchDetection.test.js b/test/WatchDetection.test.js
index 6be23adbf..f1d8af21b 100644
--- a/test/WatchDetection.test.js
+++ b/test/WatchDetection.test.js
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ describe("WatchDetection", () => {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	jest.setTimeout(20000);
-
 	createTestCase(100, true);
 	createTestCase(10, true);
 	createTestCase(600, true);
diff --git a/test/WatchSuspend.test.js b/test/WatchSuspend.test.js
index f40982e80..3684e8078 100644
--- a/test/WatchSuspend.test.js
+++ b/test/WatchSuspend.test.js
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ describe("WatchSuspend", () => {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	jest.setTimeout(5000);
-
 	describe("suspend and resume watcher", () => {
 		const fixturePath = path.join(
 			__dirname,
diff --git a/test/WatcherEvents.test.js b/test/WatcherEvents.test.js
index 059c6f0da..1625d9b45 100644
--- a/test/WatcherEvents.test.js
+++ b/test/WatcherEvents.test.js
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ describe("WatcherEvents", () => {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	jest.setTimeout(10000);
-
 	it("should emit 'watch-close' when using single-compiler mode and the compiler is not running", (done) => {
 		let called = false;