diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c52dcf58..9a32fba17 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.clawd.bot
 - Messaging: keep newline chunking safe for fenced markdown blocks across channels.
 - Tests: cap Vitest workers on CI macOS to reduce timeouts.
 - Tests: avoid fake-timer dependency in embedded runner stream mock to reduce CI flakes.
+- Tests: increase embedded runner ordering test timeout to reduce CI flakes.
 
 ## 2026.1.23-1
 
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner.test.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner.test.ts
index b5afbaeb0..03192338b 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner.test.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ describe("runEmbeddedPiAgent", () => {
 
   itIfNotWin32(
     "persists the first user message before assistant output",
-    { timeout: 60_000 },
+    { timeout: 120_000 },
     async () => {
       const sessionFile = nextSessionFile();
       const cfg = makeOpenAiConfig(["mock-1"]);