diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
index d9559737d2..2f5675fda7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
 
-    timeout-minutes: 45
+    timeout-minutes: 60
 
     services:
       postgres:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/postgresql_settings.py b/.github/workflows/postgresql_settings.py
index c1148e64e1..5b4923d538 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/postgresql_settings.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/postgresql_settings.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ DATABASES = {
         "NAME": "evennia",
         "USER": "evennia",
         "PASSWORD": "password",
-        "HOST": "localhost",
+        "HOST": "127.0.0.1",
         "PORT": "",  # use default
         # Fail fast in CI if queries block or run unreasonably long so hangs
         # produce actionable errors instead of job-level timeout cancellations.