diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/web-server.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/web-server.spec.ts
index ce7e6d4a8e..1508ea22df 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/web-server.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/web-server.spec.ts
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ test.describe('kill option', () => {
   });
 
   test('can be configured to send SIGINT', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-    const result = await runInlineTest(files({ kill: { SIGINT: 5000 } }), { workers: 1 });
+    const result = await runInlineTest(files({ kill: { SIGINT: 500 } }), { workers: 1 });
     expect(parseOutputLines(result).sort()).toEqual(['childprocess received SIGINT', 'webserver received SIGINT but stubbornly refuses to wind down']);
   });