diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-swift-sdk.yml b/.github/workflows/release-swift-sdk.yml
index fa07385bbdc..4d6669c244e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-swift-sdk.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-swift-sdk.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ jobs:
   build-and-release:
     name: Build and release DashSDKFFI
     runs-on: macos-15
-    timeout-minutes: 45
+    # Two cold release-profile builds (device + simulator) of ~25 min each.
+    timeout-minutes: 90
     permissions:
       contents: write # attach the xcframework to the platform release
     # Serialize same-tag runs (e.g. an emergency dispatch racing the
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3c0c9127c90..a9b44af23dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ jobs:
   release-npm:
     name: Release NPM packages
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    # A release usually misses the js-build artifact cache and rebuilds every
+    # WASM package from scratch, which already takes close to an hour.
+    timeout-minutes: 120
     if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo