diff --git a/test/scripts/ci-workflow-guards.test.ts b/test/scripts/ci-workflow-guards.test.ts
index c5001dfb6d8..b61541b8a66 100644
--- a/test/scripts/ci-workflow-guards.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/ci-workflow-guards.test.ts
@@ -50,24 +50,27 @@ describe("ci workflow guards", () => {
 
   it("kills timed manual checkout fetches after the grace period", () => {
     const workflowPaths = [
-      ".github/workflows/ci.yml",
-      ".github/workflows/workflow-sanity.yml",
-      ".github/workflows/ci-check-testbox.yml",
-      ".github/workflows/ci-check-arm-testbox.yml",
-      ".github/workflows/ci-build-artifacts-testbox.yml",
-      ".github/workflows/crabbox-hydrate.yml",
+      [".github/workflows/ci.yml", "120s"],
+      [".github/workflows/workflow-sanity.yml", "30s"],
+      [".github/workflows/ci-check-testbox.yml", "120s"],
+      [".github/workflows/ci-check-arm-testbox.yml", "120s"],
+      [".github/workflows/ci-build-artifacts-testbox.yml", "120s"],
+      [".github/workflows/crabbox-hydrate.yml", "30s"],
     ];
 
-    for (const workflowPath of workflowPaths) {
+    for (const [workflowPath, timeoutSeconds] of workflowPaths) {
       const workflow = readFileSync(workflowPath, "utf8");
       const fetchTimeouts = workflow.match(
-        /timeout --signal=TERM[^\n]* (?:30s|120s) git(?: -C "(?:\$workdir|\$GITHUB_WORKSPACE|clawhub-source)")?/g,
+        new RegExp(
+          `timeout --signal=TERM[^\\n]* ${timeoutSeconds} git(?: -C "(?:\\$workdir|\\$GITHUB_WORKSPACE|clawhub-source)")?`,
+          "g",
+        ),
       );
 
       expect(fetchTimeouts?.length, workflowPath).toBeGreaterThan(0);
       expect(
         fetchTimeouts?.every((line) =>
-          /^timeout --signal=TERM --kill-after=10s (?:30s|120s) git/.test(line),
+          line.startsWith(`timeout --signal=TERM --kill-after=10s ${timeoutSeconds} git`),
         ),
         workflowPath,
       ).toBe(true);