diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-device.yml b/.github/workflows/build-device.yml
index ce5a8e15..c2e5710b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-device.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-device.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    timeout-minutes: ${{ inputs.timeout }}
+    # Due to parsing bug, fromJSON is used to convert string to number
+    timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.timeout) }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-image.yml b/.github/workflows/build-image.yml
index 27e1efd7..5affd5c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-image.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    timeout-minutes: ${{ inputs.timeout }}
+    # Due to parsing bug, fromJSON is used to convert string to number
+    timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.timeout) }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/build-tests.yml
index 08dc84ee..3916e4bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-tests.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    timeout-minutes: ${{ inputs.timeout }}
+    # Due to parsing bug, fromJSON is used to convert string to number
+    timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.timeout) }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 98b2a526..e9d1e6b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    timeout-minutes: ${{ inputs.timeout }}
+    # Due to parsing bug, fromJSON is used to convert string to number
+    timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.timeout) }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-runner.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-runner.yaml
index 5119403b..c871c773 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-runner.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-runner.yaml
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ on:
       timeout:
         required: true
         description: 'The timeout for the job in minutes'
+        type: number
         default: 10
 
 jobs:
   check-runners-host:
-    timeout-minutes: ${{ inputs.timeout }}
+    # Due to parsing bug, fromJSON is used to convert string to number
+    timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.timeout) }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -57,7 +59,8 @@ jobs:
           du -h --max-depth=1 | sort -rh
 
   check-runners-docker:
-    timeout-minutes: ${{ inputs.timeout }}
+    # Due to parsing bug, fromJSON is used to convert string to number
+    timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.timeout) }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: