diff --git a/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/impl/GuiTestCaseExt.kt b/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/impl/GuiTestCaseExt.kt
index 9f8500faf0b5..5e9abd80c607 100644
--- a/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/impl/GuiTestCaseExt.kt
+++ b/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/impl/GuiTestCaseExt.kt
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ fun GuiTestCase.waitAMoment() {
 fun GuiTestCase.testTreeItemExist(name: String, vararg expectedItem: String, predicate: FinderPredicate = Predicate.equality) {
   ideFrame {
     logInfo("Check that $name -> ${expectedItem.joinToString(" -> ")} exists in a tree element")
-    kotlin.assert(exists { jTree(*expectedItem, predicate = predicate) }) { "$name '${expectedItem.joinToString(", ")}' not found" }
+    kotlin.assert(exists { jTree(*expectedItem, predicate = predicate, timeout = Timeouts.seconds03) }) { "$name '${expectedItem.joinToString(", ")}' not found" }
   }
 }