diff --git a/extensions/integration-tests/src/objectExplorer.test.ts b/extensions/integration-tests/src/objectExplorer.test.ts
index 4556159a48..473b0b78db 100644
--- a/extensions/integration-tests/src/objectExplorer.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/integration-tests/src/objectExplorer.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import 'mocha';
 import * as azdata from 'azdata';
 import { context } from './testContext';
 import { getBdcServer, TestServerProfile, getAzureServer, getStandaloneServer } from './testConfig';
-import { connectToServer, createDB, deleteDB } from './utils';
+import { connectToServer, createDB, deleteDB, DefaultConnectTimeoutInMs } from './utils';
 import assert = require('assert');
 import { stressify } from 'adstest';
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class ObjectExplorerTester {
 	async bdcNodeLabelTest(): Promise<void> {
 		const expectedNodeLabel = ['Databases', 'Security', 'Server Objects', 'Data Services'];
 		const server = await getBdcServer();
-		await this.verifyOeNode(server, 6000, expectedNodeLabel);
+		await this.verifyOeNode(server, DefaultConnectTimeoutInMs, expectedNodeLabel);
 	}
 
 	@stressify({ dop: ObjectExplorerTester.ParallelCount })
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ObjectExplorerTester {
 		if (process.platform === 'win32') {
 			const expectedNodeLabel = ['Databases', 'Security', 'Server Objects'];
 			const server = await getStandaloneServer();
-			await this.verifyOeNode(server, 3000, expectedNodeLabel);
+			await this.verifyOeNode(server, DefaultConnectTimeoutInMs, expectedNodeLabel);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class ObjectExplorerTester {
 	async sqlDbNodeLabelTest(): Promise<void> {
 		const expectedNodeLabel = ['Databases', 'Security'];
 		const server = await getAzureServer();
-		await this.verifyOeNode(server, 3000, expectedNodeLabel);
+		await this.verifyOeNode(server, DefaultConnectTimeoutInMs, expectedNodeLabel);
 	}
 
 	@stressify({ dop: ObjectExplorerTester.ParallelCount })
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class ObjectExplorerTester {
 		else {
 			expectedActions = ['Manage', 'New Query', 'New Notebook', 'Refresh', 'Backup', 'Restore', 'Data-tier Application wizard', 'Schema Compare', 'Import wizard'];
 		}
-		await this.verifyDBContextMenu(server, 3000, expectedActions);
+		await this.verifyDBContextMenu(server, DefaultConnectTimeoutInMs, expectedActions);
 	}
 
 	@stressify({ dop: ObjectExplorerTester.ParallelCount })
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class ObjectExplorerTester {
 	}
 
 	async verifyContextMenu(server: TestServerProfile, expectedActions: string[]): Promise<void> {
-		await connectToServer(server, 3000);
+		await connectToServer(server, DefaultConnectTimeoutInMs);
 		const nodes = <azdata.objectexplorer.ObjectExplorerNode[]>await azdata.objectexplorer.getActiveConnectionNodes();
 		assert(nodes.length > 0, `Expecting at least one active connection, actual: ${nodes.length}`);
 
diff --git a/extensions/integration-tests/src/utils.ts b/extensions/integration-tests/src/utils.ts
index 73385cb59e..d8f9e9d76c 100644
--- a/extensions/integration-tests/src/utils.ts
+++ b/extensions/integration-tests/src/utils.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import { TestServerProfile } from './testConfig';
 
+// default server connection timeout
+export const DefaultConnectTimeoutInMs: number = 10000;
+
 /**
  * @param server test connection profile
  * @param timeout optional timeout parameter
  * Returns connection id for a new connection
  */
-export async function connectToServer(server: TestServerProfile, timeout: number = 10000): Promise<string> {
+export async function connectToServer(server: TestServerProfile, timeout: number = DefaultConnectTimeoutInMs): Promise<string> {
 	let connectionProfile: azdata.IConnectionProfile = {
 		serverName: server.serverName,
 		databaseName: server.database,