diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Queues/BackgroundTaskQueue.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Queues/BackgroundTaskQueue.cs
index 5c949cad..632a1547 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Queues/BackgroundTaskQueue.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Queues/BackgroundTaskQueue.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Queues;
 
 public class BackgroundTaskQueue(int parallelism)
 	: PostgresJobQueue<BackgroundTaskJobData>("background-task", BackgroundTaskQueueProcessorDelegateAsync,
-	                                          parallelism, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60))
+	                                          parallelism, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15))
 {
 	private static async Task BackgroundTaskQueueProcessorDelegateAsync(
 		Job job,