diff --git a/import-automation/workflow/cloudbuild.yaml b/import-automation/workflow/cloudbuild.yaml
index c61170ad75..a725e346e5 100644
--- a/import-automation/workflow/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/import-automation/workflow/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ substitutions:
 steps:
 - id: 'ingestion-helper-service'
   name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/gcloud'
-  args: ['run', 'deploy', 'ingestion-helper-service', '--image', '${_AR_REPO_URL}/datacommons-ingestion-helper:latest', '--region', '${_LOCATION}', '--project', '${_PROJECT_ID}', '--no-allow-unauthenticated', '--set-env-vars', 'PROJECT_ID=${_PROJECT_ID},LOCATION=${_LOCATION},SPANNER_PROJECT_ID=${_SPANNER_PROJECT_ID},SPANNER_INSTANCE_ID=${_SPANNER_INSTANCE_ID},SPANNER_DATABASE_ID=${_SPANNER_DATABASE_ID},SPANNER_GRAPH_DATABASE_ID=${_SPANNER_GRAPH_DATABASE_ID},GCS_BUCKET_ID=${_GCS_BUCKET_ID},BQ_DATASET_ID=${_BQ_DATASET_ID},BQ_SPANNER_CONN_ID=${_BQ_SPANNER_CONN_ID}']
+  args: ['run', 'deploy', 'ingestion-helper-service', '--image', '${_AR_REPO_URL}/datacommons-ingestion-helper:latest', '--region', '${_LOCATION}', '--project', '${_PROJECT_ID}', '--no-allow-unauthenticated', '--timeout', '60m', '--set-env-vars', 'PROJECT_ID=${_PROJECT_ID},LOCATION=${_LOCATION},SPANNER_PROJECT_ID=${_SPANNER_PROJECT_ID},SPANNER_INSTANCE_ID=${_SPANNER_INSTANCE_ID},SPANNER_DATABASE_ID=${_SPANNER_DATABASE_ID},SPANNER_GRAPH_DATABASE_ID=${_SPANNER_GRAPH_DATABASE_ID},GCS_BUCKET_ID=${_GCS_BUCKET_ID},BQ_DATASET_ID=${_BQ_DATASET_ID},BQ_SPANNER_CONN_ID=${_BQ_SPANNER_CONN_ID}']
 
 - id: 'import-helper-service'
   name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/gcloud'
diff --git a/import-automation/workflow/spanner-ingestion-workflow.yaml b/import-automation/workflow/spanner-ingestion-workflow.yaml
index 01f2976d26..1f18d1feda 100644
--- a/import-automation/workflow/spanner-ingestion-workflow.yaml
+++ b/import-automation/workflow/spanner-ingestion-workflow.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ main:
                 call: http.post
                 args:
                   url: ${helper_url}
+                  timeout: 1800
                   auth:
                     type: OIDC
                   body: