diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 1adf3d3fbe..e4c1e40965 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -411,6 +411,8 @@
       - playbooks/publish/releasenotes.yaml
       - playbooks/publish/openstack-afs.yaml
     override-branch: master
+    # Building translated releasenotes can take long for large repositories
+    timeout: 3600
     required-projects:
       - name: openstack/requirements
     roles: