diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 09f52d6..f0a0e2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -185,6 +185,6 @@ jobs:
           mkfifo vm.stdin
           qemu-system-x86_64 --name "Anaconda" -m 4096 -cpu kvm64 -display none -cdrom test.iso -drive file=disk.qcow2 -serial telnet:localhost:4321,server,nowait &
           timeout 1m bash -c "while ! (echo > /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/4321); do sleep 0.1; done"
-          nc localhost 4321 > vm.stdout < vm.stdin
+          nc localhost 4321 > vm.stdout < vm.stdin &
 
-          tail -f vm.stdout
+          timeout 15m tail -f vm.stdout