diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 4a8ef51d..ad7243c1 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ async def ds_client():
             "default_page_size": 50,
             "max_returned_rows": 100,
             "sql_time_limit_ms": 200,
+            "facet_suggest_time_limit_ms": 200,  # Up from 50 default
             # Default is 3 but this results in "too many open files"
             # errors when running the full test suite:
             "num_sql_threads": 1,
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 2ac647c7..859c5809 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ async def test_settings_json(ds_client):
         "default_page_size": 50,
         "default_facet_size": 30,
         "default_allow_sql": True,
-        "facet_suggest_time_limit_ms": 50,
+        "facet_suggest_time_limit_ms": 200,
         "facet_time_limit_ms": 200,
         "max_returned_rows": 100,
         "max_insert_rows": 100,