diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index f50565a2f..e356b2bf2 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   smoke-and-build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 5
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           uv venv .venv --python 3.11
           source .venv/bin/activate
-          uv pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
+          uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
 
       - name: Smoke tests
         run: |
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Green-path E2E
         run: |
           source .venv/bin/activate
-          python -m pytest tests/test_green_path_e2e.py -q --tb=short
+          python -m pytest tests/test_green_path_e2e.py -q --tb=short -p no:xdist
         env:
           OPENROUTER_API_KEY: ""
           OPENAI_API_KEY: ""