diff --git a/internal/pkg/githubapi/github.go b/internal/pkg/githubapi/github.go
index b7a1fe81..af5bdbca 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/githubapi/github.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/githubapi/github.go
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func ReciveWebhook(r *http.Request, mainGhClientCache *lru.Cache[string, GhClien
 func handleEvent(eventPayloadInterface interface{}, mainGhClientCache *lru.Cache[string, GhClientPair], prApproverGhClientCache *lru.Cache[string, GhClientPair], r *http.Request, payload []byte) {
 	// We don't use the request context as it might have a short deadline and we don't want to stop event handling based on that
 	// But we do want to stop the event handling after a certain point, so:
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 120*time.Second)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Minute)
 	defer cancel()
 	var mainGithubClientPair GhClientPair
 	var approverGithubClientPair GhClientPair