diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f715248643..fbb2501544 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         node-version: 10
     # TODO: cache node modules
-    - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
+    # Increase timeout to get around latency issues when fetching certain packages
+    - run: |
+        yarn config set network-timeout 300000
+        yarn --frozen-lockfile
       name: Install Dependencies
     - run: yarn electron x64
       name: Download Electron
@@ -79,7 +82,10 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
         python-version: '2.x'
-    - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
+    # Increase timeout to get around latency issues when fetching certain packages
+    - run: |
+        yarn config set network-timeout 300000
+        yarn --frozen-lockfile
       name: Install Dependencies
     - run: yarn electron
       name: Download Electron
@@ -112,7 +118,10 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
       with:
         node-version: 10
-    - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
+    # Increase timeout to get around latency issues when fetching certain packages
+    - run: |
+        yarn config set network-timeout 300000
+        yarn --frozen-lockfile
       name: Install Dependencies
     - run: yarn electron x64
       name: Download Electron