diff --git a/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/indexing/KafkaBoundedSupervisorTest.java b/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/indexing/KafkaBoundedSupervisorTest.java
index fa184418df52..ad3a3f3fff14 100644
--- a/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/indexing/KafkaBoundedSupervisorTest.java
+++ b/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/indexing/KafkaBoundedSupervisorTest.java
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ public void test_boundedSupervisor_ingestsDataAndCompletes()
 
     cluster.callApi().postSupervisor(supervisor);
 
-    // Wait for records to be ingested
-    waitUntilPublishedRecordsAreIngested(totalRecords);
+    // Bounded supervisor cold start (post supervisor -> schedule task -> consume -> publish) can exceed
+    // the cluster default wait on CI; give it a generous ceiling.
+    waitUntilPublishedRecordsAreIngested(totalRecords, 120_000L);
 
     // Wait for supervisor to transition to COMPLETED state
     waitForSupervisorToComplete(supervisor.getId());
diff --git a/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/indexing/StreamIndexTestBase.java b/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/indexing/StreamIndexTestBase.java
index ee826936b2b4..9f6d54eab346 100644
--- a/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/indexing/StreamIndexTestBase.java
+++ b/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/indexing/StreamIndexTestBase.java
@@ -131,15 +131,34 @@ protected KinesisSupervisorSpec createKinesisSupervisor(KinesisResource kinesis,
 
   /**
    * Waits until the total row count of successfully published segments matches
-   * {@code expectedRowCount}.
+   * {@code expectedRowCount}, using the cluster default emitter timeout.
    */
   protected void waitUntilPublishedRecordsAreIngested(int expectedRowCount)
   {
-    indexer.latchableEmitter().waitForEventAggregate(
-        event -> event.hasMetricName("ingest/rows/published")
-                      .hasDimension(DruidMetrics.DATASOURCE, dataSource),
-        agg -> agg.hasSumAtLeast(expectedRowCount)
-    );
+    waitUntilPublishedRecordsAreIngested(expectedRowCount, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Same as {@link #waitUntilPublishedRecordsAreIngested(int)} but with an explicit timeout in millis.
+   * Use for ingestion paths with a heavier task lifecycle (e.g. bounded supervisor cold start) where the
+   * cluster default may not allow enough headroom on CI.
+   */
+  protected void waitUntilPublishedRecordsAreIngested(int expectedRowCount, Long timeoutMillis)
+  {
+    if (timeoutMillis == null) {
+      indexer.latchableEmitter().waitForEventAggregate(
+          event -> event.hasMetricName("ingest/rows/published")
+                        .hasDimension(DruidMetrics.DATASOURCE, dataSource),
+          agg -> agg.hasSumAtLeast(expectedRowCount)
+      );
+    } else {
+      indexer.latchableEmitter().waitForEventAggregate(
+          event -> event.hasMetricName("ingest/rows/published")
+                        .hasDimension(DruidMetrics.DATASOURCE, dataSource),
+          agg -> agg.hasSumAtLeast(expectedRowCount),
+          timeoutMillis
+      );
+    }
 
     final int totalEventsProcessed = indexer
         .latchableEmitter()
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/server/metrics/LatchableEmitter.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/server/metrics/LatchableEmitter.java
index e9779c1ddd68..fc4b40af6d66 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/server/metrics/LatchableEmitter.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/server/metrics/LatchableEmitter.java
@@ -202,6 +202,18 @@ public void waitForEventAggregate(
       UnaryOperator<EventMatcher> condition,
       UnaryOperator<AggregateMatcher> aggregateCondition
   )
+  {
+    waitForEventAggregate(condition, aggregateCondition, defaultWaitTimeoutMillis);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Same as {@link #waitForEventAggregate(UnaryOperator, UnaryOperator)} but with an explicit timeout.
+   */
+  public void waitForEventAggregate(
+      UnaryOperator<EventMatcher> condition,
+      UnaryOperator<AggregateMatcher> aggregateCondition,
+      long timeoutMillis
+  )
   {
     final EventMatcher eventMatcher = condition.apply(new EventMatcher());
     final AggregateMatcher aggregateMatcher = aggregateCondition.apply(new AggregateMatcher());
@@ -210,7 +222,7 @@ public void waitForEventAggregate(
         event -> event instanceof ServiceMetricEvent
                  && eventMatcher.test((ServiceMetricEvent) event)
                  && aggregateMatcher.test((ServiceMetricEvent) event),
-        defaultWaitTimeoutMillis
+        timeoutMillis
     );
   }