diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/index.ts b/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
index 034b0a8c56..4cb7a6f1fa 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ class ArtifactsRecorder {
     });
 
     this._pageSnapshotRecorder = new SnapshotRecorder(this, pageSnapshot ?? 'only-on-failure', 'pageSnapshot', 'text/plain', '.ariasnapshot', async (page, path) => {
-      const ariaSnapshot = await page.locator('body').ariaSnapshot();
+      const ariaSnapshot = await page.locator('body').ariaSnapshot({ timeout: 5000 });
       await fs.promises.writeFile(path, ariaSnapshot);
     });
   }