diff --git a/spec/lib/core_ext/string_spec.rb b/spec/lib/core_ext/string_spec.rb
index 9e17b0e8f..30862abb3 100644
--- a/spec/lib/core_ext/string_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/core_ext/string_spec.rb
@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@ RSpec.describe String do
         let(:input_encoding) { Encoding::ISO_8859_1 }
 
         it 'detects the input encoding' do
-          Timeout.timeout(12) do
+          Timeout.timeout(18) do
             expect(subject.utf8_encode(from: 'utf-8')).to eq(original_string)
           end
         end