diff --git a/fuzz/init-fuzzer.sh b/fuzz/init-fuzzer.sh
index 70e07650ca..77d4cdfcb3 100755
--- a/fuzz/init-fuzzer.sh
+++ b/fuzz/init-fuzzer.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if [ ! -d corpus/ruff_fix_validity ]; then
   curl -L 'https://github.com/python/cpython/archive/refs/tags/v3.12.0b2.tar.gz' | tar xz
   cp -r "../../../crates/ruff_linter/resources/test" .
   cd -
-  cargo fuzz cmin -s none ruff_fix_validity
+  cargo fuzz cmin -s none ruff_fix_validity -- -timeout=5
 fi
 
 echo "Done! You are ready to fuzz."
diff --git a/fuzz/reinit-fuzzer.sh b/fuzz/reinit-fuzzer.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index dbe5820549..f1e2a698fb
--- a/fuzz/reinit-fuzzer.sh
+++ b/fuzz/reinit-fuzzer.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ cd corpus/ruff_fix_validity
 curl -L 'https://github.com/python/cpython/archive/refs/tags/v3.12.0b2.tar.gz' | tar xz
 cp -r "../../../crates/ruff_linter/resources/test" .
 cd -
-cargo fuzz cmin -s none ruff_fix_validity
+cargo fuzz cmin -s none ruff_fix_validity -- -timeout=5
 
 echo "Done! You are ready to fuzz."