diff --git a/gitlab/build.yml b/gitlab/build.yml
index 593d83bd3..5683f3b99 100644
--- a/gitlab/build.yml
+++ b/gitlab/build.yml
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ build-mingw-32:
 
 build-mac:
   stage: build
+  # The macOS runner sometimes gets stuck when running this job (we don't know
+  # why, but the Metal paravirtualized driver is not very reliable in general).
+  # We use a shorter timeout to prevent the runner from being unavailable for a
+  # full hour.
+  timeout: 10 minutes
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
   image: winehq-sonoma-pristine