diff --git a/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/index.js b/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/index.js
index d570a221..31acd048 100644
--- a/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/index.js
+++ b/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/index.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type Denodeify = (<A, B, C, T>(
 const MAX_CALLS_PER_WORKER = 600;
 
 // Worker will timeout if one of the callers timeout.
-const TRANSFORM_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 301000;
+const TRANSFORM_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 601000;
 
 // How may times can we tolerate failures from the worker.
 const MAX_RETRIES = 2;