diff --git a/modules/setting/database.go b/modules/setting/database.go
index 7b9af1598e..0a5661543a 100644
--- a/modules/setting/database.go
+++ b/modules/setting/database.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func loadDBSetting(rootCfg ConfigProvider) {
 	Database.CharsetCollation = sec.Key("CHARSET_COLLATION").String()
 
 	Database.Path = sec.Key("PATH").MustString(filepath.Join(AppDataPath, "forgejo.db"))
-	Database.Timeout = sec.Key("SQLITE_TIMEOUT").MustInt(500)
+	Database.Timeout = sec.Key("SQLITE_TIMEOUT").MustInt(5000)
 	Database.SQLiteJournalMode = sec.Key("SQLITE_JOURNAL_MODE").MustString("WAL")
 
 	Database.MaxIdleConns = sec.Key("MAX_IDLE_CONNS").MustInt(2)
diff --git a/tests/integration/api_issue_test.go b/tests/integration/api_issue_test.go
index 44e07b95c8..43258562c6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/api_issue_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/api_issue_test.go
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func TestAPICreateIssueParallel(t *testing.T) {
 	urlStr := fmt.Sprintf("/api/v1/repos/%s/%s/issues?state=all", owner.Name, repoBefore.Name)
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(parentT *testing.T, i int) {
 			parentT.Run(fmt.Sprintf("ParallelCreateIssue_%d", i), func(t *testing.T) {