diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_chatgpt_unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_chatgpt_unit_tests.yml
index a7862db49..5cbcaa7fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_chatgpt_unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_chatgpt_unit_tests.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: image-cloud.luchentech.com/hpcaitech/pytorch-cuda:2.2.2-12.1.0
       options: --gpus all --rm -v /data/scratch/examples-data:/data/scratch/examples-data
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    timeout-minutes: 180
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install ChatGPT
         env:
-          CFLAGS: "-O0"
-          CXXFLAGS: "-O0"
+          CFLAGS: "-O1"
+          CXXFLAGS: "-O1"
           MAX_JOBS: 4
         run: |
           cd applications/ColossalChat