diff --git a/serverless.yml b/serverless.yml
index 455ae48e..80a57f59 100644
--- a/serverless.yml
+++ b/serverless.yml
@@ -130,3 +130,4 @@ resources:
       Type: AWS::SQS::Queue
       Properties:
         QueueName: model-engine-queue
+        VisibilityTimeout: 910  # must be >= lambda timeout (900)