diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/main.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/main.tf
index cfa2e0e1..b7193da4 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/main.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/main.tf
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ module "lambda" {
   maximum_concurrency = var.maximum_concurrency
   batch_size = var.batch_size
 
+  timeout = 120
+
   environment = merge(
     {
       STAGE = var.stage