diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/build.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/build.yml
index 6f05351..41664fa 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/build.yml
@@ -49,8 +49,13 @@ jobs:
           docker run -d --name "$name" \
             -e THERMOGRAPH_FRONTEND_BASE_INTERNAL=http://127.0.0.1:1 \
             -p "127.0.0.1:${port}:8137" thermograph-backend:ci
+          # 60s, not 30 -- confirmed by a real run's own docker logs: alembic
+          # migrations + starting 4 uvicorn workers took just over 30s under
+          # this runner's resource contention (capacity 2, so another job's
+          # build often runs concurrently), even though the same boot takes
+          # ~3s locally with nothing else competing for CPU.
           ok=0
-          for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+          for i in $(seq 1 60); do
             if curl -fsS -o /dev/null "http://127.0.0.1:${port}/healthz"; then ok=1; break; fi
             sleep 1
           done