diff --git a/test/functional/desired.js b/test/functional/desired.js
index c806a14c8..acbb57b6f 100644
--- a/test/functional/desired.js
+++ b/test/functional/desired.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const APPS = {
 };
 
 const initTimeout = 60 * 1000 * (process.env.CI ?
-  util.compareVersions(PLATFORM_VERSION, '>=', '17.0') ? 32 : 16
+  util.compareVersions(PLATFORM_VERSION, '>=', '17.0') ? 48 : 16
   : 4);
 const GENERIC_CAPS = node.deepFreeze({
   alwaysMatch: {
diff --git a/test/functional/helpers/session.js b/test/functional/helpers/session.js
index 139d61caa..4fd6b30a0 100644
--- a/test/functional/helpers/session.js
+++ b/test/functional/helpers/session.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const HOST = process.env.APPIUM_TEST_SERVER_HOST || '127.0.0.1';
 const PORT = parseInt(String(process.env.APPIUM_TEST_SERVER_PORT), 10) || 4567;
 // on CI the timeout needs to be long, mostly so WDA can be built the first time
 const MOCHA_TIMEOUT = 60 * 1000 * (process.env.CI ?
-  util.compareVersions(PLATFORM_VERSION, '>=', '17.0') ? 32 : 16
+  util.compareVersions(PLATFORM_VERSION, '>=', '17.0') ? 48 : 16
   : 4);
 
 let driver;