diff --git a/bin/reproducible_build.sh b/bin/reproducible_build.sh
index 532d873f742ca6d6e81131a932d37036a183a48a..1c7752e2dcca1af15d8edc427e728a6571409ee4 100755
--- a/bin/reproducible_build.sh
+++ b/bin/reproducible_build.sh
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ call_diffoscope_on_changes_files() {
 	# filter lines describing .buildinfo files from .changes file
 	sed -i -e '/^ [a-f0-9]\{32,64\} .*\.buildinfo$/d' b{1,2}/$CHANGES
 	TMPLOG=$(mktemp --tmpdir=$TMPDIR)
-	TIMEOUT="120m"  # note that below there is another instance of this + 5 minutes
+	TIMEOUT="150m"  # note that below there is another instance of this + 5 minutes
 	DBDSUITE=$SUITE
 	if [ "$SUITE" = "experimental" ] ; then
 		# there is no extra diffoscope-schroot for experimental ( because we specical case ghc enough already )
@@ -370,13 +370,13 @@ call_diffoscope_on_changes_files() {
 	log_info "$DIFFOSCOPE will be used to compare the two builds:"
 	set -x
 	set +e
-	# the --timeout 90m below is arbitrary and can be subject to further evaluation later
-	( timeout 125m nice schroot \
+	# the --timeout 120m below is arbitrary and can be subject to further evaluation later
+	( timeout 155m nice schroot \
 		--directory $TMPDIR \
 		--run-session \
 		-c "$session" \
 		-- sh -c "export TMPDIR=$TEMP ; timeout $TIMEOUT diffoscope \
-			--timeout $(( 90 * 60 )) \
+			--timeout $(( 120 * 60 )) \
 			--html $TMPDIR/${DBDREPORT} \
 			--text $TMPDIR/$DBDTXT \
 			--json $TMPDIR/$DBDJSON \