diff --git a/build/teamcity/cockroach/nightlies/stress_engflow.sh b/build/teamcity/cockroach/nightlies/stress_engflow.sh
index 574fcfda88d5..339be14c5ee1 100755
--- a/build/teamcity/cockroach/nightlies/stress_engflow.sh
+++ b/build/teamcity/cockroach/nightlies/stress_engflow.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+export EXTRA_TEST_ARGS="--config use_ci_timeouts"
+
 THIS_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
 
 $THIS_DIR/stress_engflow_impl.sh