diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_job_definition.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_job_definition.py
index 2bc4081b4d6..c43a077fb3c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_job_definition.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_job_definition.py
@@ -167,6 +167,16 @@ class LAVAJobDefinition:
                         "minutes": 5
                         * NUMBER_OF_ATTEMPTS_LAVA_BOOT,
                     },
+                    "uboot-action": {
+                        # For rockchip DUTs, U-Boot auto-login action downloads the kernel and
+                        # setup early network. This takes 72 seconds on average.
+                        # The LAVA action that wraps it is `uboot-commands`, but we can't set a
+                        # timeout for it directly, it is overridden by one third of `uboot-action`
+                        # timeout.
+                        # So actually, this timeout is here to enforce that `uboot-commands`
+                        # timeout to be 100 seconds (300 sec / 3), which is more than enough.
+                        "minutes": 5
+                    },
                 },
             },
         }
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/FASTBOOT_force_uart=False_job_definition.yaml b/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/FASTBOOT_force_uart=False_job_definition.yaml
index 9459d46a590..78042b575a6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/FASTBOOT_force_uart=False_job_definition.yaml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/FASTBOOT_force_uart=False_job_definition.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ timeouts:
       minutes: 1
     depthcharge-action:
       minutes: 15
+    uboot-action:
+      minutes: 5
 actions:
 - deploy:
     timeout:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/FASTBOOT_force_uart=True_job_definition.yaml b/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/FASTBOOT_force_uart=True_job_definition.yaml
index af439c6a909..e9a36be899c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/FASTBOOT_force_uart=True_job_definition.yaml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/FASTBOOT_force_uart=True_job_definition.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ timeouts:
       minutes: 1
     depthcharge-action:
       minutes: 15
+    uboot-action:
+      minutes: 5
 actions:
 - deploy:
     timeout:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/UBOOT_force_uart=False_job_definition.yaml b/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/UBOOT_force_uart=False_job_definition.yaml
index d9904be03be..e0246ea5586 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/UBOOT_force_uart=False_job_definition.yaml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/UBOOT_force_uart=False_job_definition.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ timeouts:
       minutes: 1
     depthcharge-action:
       minutes: 15
+    uboot-action:
+      minutes: 5
 actions:
 - deploy:
     timeout:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/UBOOT_force_uart=True_job_definition.yaml b/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/UBOOT_force_uart=True_job_definition.yaml
index bd3455da8c1..ea52a6d3db9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/UBOOT_force_uart=True_job_definition.yaml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tests/data/UBOOT_force_uart=True_job_definition.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ timeouts:
       minutes: 1
     depthcharge-action:
       minutes: 15
+    uboot-action:
+      minutes: 5
 actions:
 - deploy:
     timeout: