diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 2b2cc4118e..5323ed5670 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ Please follow the established format:
 - Use present tense (e.g. 'Add new feature')
 - Include the ID number for the related PR (or PRs) in parentheses
 -->
+# Upcoming Release
+
+## Bug fixes and other changes
+
+- Increase Kedro-Viz timeout. (#1803)
+
 # Release 8.0.1 
 
 ## Bug fixes and other changes
diff --git a/package/kedro_viz/launchers/utils.py b/package/kedro_viz/launchers/utils.py
index 1342dc4bd8..1ade2b426c 100644
--- a/package/kedro_viz/launchers/utils.py
+++ b/package/kedro_viz/launchers/utils.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ class WaitForException(Exception):
 def _wait_for(
     func: Callable,
     expected_result: Any = True,
-    timeout: int = 60,
+    # [TODO] This is a temporary fix for https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro-viz/issues/1768.
+    timeout: int = 600,
     print_error: bool = True,
     sleep_for: int = 1,
     **kwargs,
diff --git a/package/tests/test_launchers/test_cli.py b/package/tests/test_launchers/test_cli.py
index 2d6282780d..6a9bad9cb6 100755
--- a/package/tests/test_launchers/test_cli.py
+++ b/package/tests/test_launchers/test_cli.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def test_kedro_viz_command_run_server(
 ):
     process_init = mocker.patch("multiprocessing.Process")
     runner = CliRunner()
-
+    # Reduce the timeout argument from 600 to 1 to make test run faster.
     mocker.patch("kedro_viz.launchers.cli._wait_for.__defaults__", (True, 1, True, 1))
 
     with runner.isolated_filesystem():
@@ -200,7 +200,11 @@ def test_kedro_viz_command_should_log_outdated_version(
         data={"info": {"version": mock_version}}
     )
 
+    # test push
     mocker.patch("kedro_viz.server.run_server")
+
+    # Reduce the timeout argument from 600 to 1 to make test run faster.
+    mocker.patch("kedro_viz.launchers.cli._wait_for.__defaults__", (True, 1, True, 1))
     runner = CliRunner()
     with runner.isolated_filesystem():
         runner.invoke(cli.viz_cli, ["viz", "run"])
@@ -228,6 +232,8 @@ def test_kedro_viz_command_should_not_log_latest_version(
     )
 
     mocker.patch("kedro_viz.server.run_server")
+    # Reduce the timeout argument from 600 to 1 to make test run faster.
+    mocker.patch("kedro_viz.launchers.cli._wait_for.__defaults__", (True, 1, True, 1))
     runner = CliRunner()
     with runner.isolated_filesystem():
         runner.invoke(cli.viz_cli, ["viz", "run"])
@@ -244,6 +250,8 @@ def test_kedro_viz_command_should_not_log_if_pypi_is_down(
     requests_get.side_effect = requests.exceptions.RequestException("PyPI is down")
 
     mocker.patch("kedro_viz.server.run_server")
+    # Reduce the timeout argument from 600 to 1 to make test run faster.
+    mocker.patch("kedro_viz.launchers.cli._wait_for.__defaults__", (True, 1, True, 1))
     runner = CliRunner()
     with runner.isolated_filesystem():
         runner.invoke(cli.viz_cli, ["viz", "run"])
@@ -258,7 +266,7 @@ def test_kedro_viz_command_with_autoreload(
 ):
     process_init = mocker.patch("multiprocessing.Process")
 
-    # Reduce the timeout argument from 60 to 1 to make test run faster.
+    # Reduce the timeout argument from 600 to 1 to make test run faster.
     mocker.patch("kedro_viz.launchers.cli._wait_for.__defaults__", (True, 1, True, 1))
     runner = CliRunner()
     with runner.isolated_filesystem():