diff --git a/utilities/virt.py b/utilities/virt.py
index 9fbc66267a..45459c6bc9 100644
--- a/utilities/virt.py
+++ b/utilities/virt.py
@@ -2762,7 +2762,7 @@ def run_os_command(vm: VirtualMachineForTests, command: str) -> str | None:
         return run_ssh_commands(
             host=vm.ssh_exec,
             commands=shlex.split(command),
-            timeout=5,
+            timeout=15,
             tcp_timeout=TCP_TIMEOUT_30SEC,
         )[0]
     except ProxyCommandFailure: