diff --git a/test/spec/features/copy-paste/BpmnCopyPasteSpec.js b/test/spec/features/copy-paste/BpmnCopyPasteSpec.js
index 2d3e96d1..e7d5f0ee 100644
--- a/test/spec/features/copy-paste/BpmnCopyPasteSpec.js
+++ b/test/spec/features/copy-paste/BpmnCopyPasteSpec.js
@@ -784,6 +784,9 @@ describe('features/copy-paste', function() {
 
   describe('complex', function() {
 
+    // TODO(nikku): drop once legacy PhantomJS is dropped
+    this.timeout(4000);
+
     beforeEach(bootstrapModeler(complexXML, {
       modules: testModules,
       moddleExtensions: {