diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 30937329ae..4c85befe1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: ./configure --everything --no-samples --omit=CppParser,Encodings,Data/MySQL,Data/ODBC,Data/PostgreSQL,MongoDB,PageCompiler,PDF,PocoDoc,ProGen,Redis,SevenZip && make all -s -j4 SANITIZEFLAGS=-fsanitize=thread && sudo make install
       - uses: nick-fields/retry@v2.9.0
         with:
-          timeout_minutes: 90
+          timeout_minutes: 20
           max_attempts: 3
           retry_on: any
           command: >-
diff --git a/Foundation/testsuite/src/TaskTest.cpp b/Foundation/testsuite/src/TaskTest.cpp
index 2d2bd5eaa5..551f0bb122 100644
--- a/Foundation/testsuite/src/TaskTest.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/testsuite/src/TaskTest.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "Poco/Thread.h"
 #include "Poco/Event.h"
 #include "Poco/AutoPtr.h"
+#include <iostream>
 
 
 using Poco::Task;
@@ -34,20 +35,42 @@ namespace
 
 		void runTask()
 		{
-			_event.wait();
-			if (sleep(10))
-				return;
-			setProgress(0.5);
-			_event.wait();
-			if (isCancelled())
-				return;
-			setProgress(1.0);
-			_event.wait();
+	        try
+	        {
+	            _event.wait();
+	            if (sleep(10))
+	                return;
+	            setProgress(0.5);
+	            _event.wait();
+	            if (isCancelled())
+	                return;
+	            setProgress(1.0);
+	            _event.wait();
+	        }
+	        catch(const Poco::Exception& e)
+	        {
+	            std::cerr << "TestTask::run(): " << e.displayText() << '\n';
+	        }
+	        catch(const std::exception& e)
+	        {
+	            std::cerr << "TestTask::run(): " << e.what() << '\n';
+	        }
+	        catch(...)
+	        {
+	            std::cerr << "TestTask::run(): unknown exception." << '\n';
+	        }
 		}
 
 		void cont()
 		{
-			_event.set();
+            try
+            {
+                _event.set();
+            }
+            catch(const Poco::SystemException& e)
+            {
+                std::cerr << "TestTask::cont(): " << e.displayText() << '\n';
+            }
 		}
 
 	private: