diff --git a/e2e/health-checks.spec.ts b/e2e/health-checks.spec.ts
index 03d175525..b280fcc56 100644
--- a/e2e/health-checks.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/health-checks.spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe("Health checks", () => {
     // Assert
     expect(readyResponse.status).toBe(200);
     expect(liveResponse.status).toBe(200);
-  }, 20_000);
+  }, 60_000);
 
   test("ready and live should return 200 OK with external redis", async () => {
     // Arrange
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ describe("Health checks", () => {
       liveResponse.status,
       `Expected live to return OK statusCode=${liveResponse.status} content=${await liveResponse.text()}`,
     ).toBe(200);
-  }, 20_000);
+  }, 60_000);
 });
diff --git a/e2e/home.spec.ts b/e2e/home.spec.ts
index e8550a3eb..2d79d7247 100644
--- a/e2e/home.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/home.spec.ts
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ describe("Home", () => {
 
     // Assert
     expect(homeResponse.status).toBe(200);
-  }, 20_000);
+  }, 60_000);
 });
diff --git a/e2e/shared/create-homarr-container.ts b/e2e/shared/create-homarr-container.ts
index 7e5bcd5c4..e69562593 100644
--- a/e2e/shared/create-homarr-container.ts
+++ b/e2e/shared/create-homarr-container.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ export const createHomarrContainer = (
     .withExposedPorts(7575)
     .withEnvironment({
       ...options.environment,
+      // We disable external connections due to the following reasons:
+      // - No icons have to be downloaded (11k)
+      // - No analytics data is sent
+      // - It is just faster and makes the tests more reliable (better performance)
+      NO_EXTERNAL_CONNECTION: true.toString(),
       SECRET_ENCRYPTION_KEY: "0".repeat(64),
     })
     .withBindMounts(