diff --git a/src/cloudai/workloads/megatron_bridge/megatron_bridge.py b/src/cloudai/workloads/megatron_bridge/megatron_bridge.py
index 7ff8f72b3..e481017a1 100644
--- a/src/cloudai/workloads/megatron_bridge/megatron_bridge.py
+++ b/src/cloudai/workloads/megatron_bridge/megatron_bridge.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class MegatronBridgeCmdArgs(CmdArgs):
     # Slurm/launcher-level
     gpu_type: str = Field(default="gb200")
     log_dir: str = Field(default="")
-    time_limit: str = Field(default="00:05:00")
     container_image: str = Field(default="")
     num_gpus: int = Field(default=8)
     gpus_per_node: int = Field(default=8)
diff --git a/src/cloudai/workloads/megatron_bridge/slurm_command_gen_strategy.py b/src/cloudai/workloads/megatron_bridge/slurm_command_gen_strategy.py
index abb0a1330..fa7825bae 100644
--- a/src/cloudai/workloads/megatron_bridge/slurm_command_gen_strategy.py
+++ b/src/cloudai/workloads/megatron_bridge/slurm_command_gen_strategy.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def add_field(field: str, flag: str, value: Any) -> None:
         add("-p", self.system.default_partition)
         add_field("gpu_type", "-g", args.gpu_type)
         add_field("log_dir", "-l", args.log_dir)
-        add_field("time_limit", "-t", args.time_limit)
+        add("-t", self.test_run.time_limit)
         if container_path:
             add_field("container_image", "-i", container_path)
         add_field("compute_dtype", "-c", args.compute_dtype)
diff --git a/tests/ref_data/megatron-bridge.sbatch b/tests/ref_data/megatron-bridge.sbatch
index 884b90091..e3d83952f 100644
--- a/tests/ref_data/megatron-bridge.sbatch
+++ b/tests/ref_data/megatron-bridge.sbatch
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if [ "${WANDB_INSTALL_RC}" -ne 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 LAUNCH_RC=0
-NEMORUN_HOME="__OUTPUT_DIR__/output" __INSTALL_DIR__/Run__main-venv/bin/python __INSTALL_DIR__/Megatron-Bridge__main/scripts/performance/setup_experiment.py -p main -i __OUTPUT_DIR__/output/megatron_bridge_image.sqsh -hf dummy_token -ng 8 -gn 4 --golden_values_path cloudai_megatron_bridge_golden_values.json -cm __INSTALL_DIR__/Megatron-Bridge__main:/opt/Megatron-Bridge -cb 'export CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0,1,2,3' -cb 'export NCCL_DEBUG=INFO' -m qwen3 -mr 30b_a3b --detach false --additional_slurm_params 'gpus-per-node=4;gres=gpu:4' >>"$LOG" 2>&1 || LAUNCH_RC=$?
+NEMORUN_HOME="__OUTPUT_DIR__/output" __INSTALL_DIR__/Run__main-venv/bin/python __INSTALL_DIR__/Megatron-Bridge__main/scripts/performance/setup_experiment.py -p main -t 00:20:00 -i __OUTPUT_DIR__/output/megatron_bridge_image.sqsh -hf dummy_token -ng 8 -gn 4 --golden_values_path cloudai_megatron_bridge_golden_values.json -cm __INSTALL_DIR__/Megatron-Bridge__main:/opt/Megatron-Bridge -cb 'export CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0,1,2,3' -cb 'export NCCL_DEBUG=INFO' -m qwen3 -mr 30b_a3b --detach false --additional_slurm_params 'gpus-per-node=4;gres=gpu:4' >>"$LOG" 2>&1 || LAUNCH_RC=$?
 
 
 JOB_ID=""
diff --git a/tests/test_acceptance.py b/tests/test_acceptance.py
index e62f173fe..928080551 100644
--- a/tests/test_acceptance.py
+++ b/tests/test_acceptance.py
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ def partial_tr(slurm_system: SlurmSystem) -> partial[TestRun]:
     return partial(TestRun, num_nodes=1, nodes=[], output_path=slurm_system.output_path)
 
 
-def create_test_run(partial_tr: partial[TestRun], name: str, test_definition: TestDefinition) -> TestRun:
-    tr = partial_tr(name=name, test=test_definition)
+def create_test_run(partial_tr: partial[TestRun], name: str, test_definition: TestDefinition, **kwargs) -> TestRun:
+    tr = partial_tr(name=name, test=test_definition, **kwargs)
     return tr
 
 
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ def test_req(request, slurm_system: SlurmSystem, partial_tr: partial[TestRun]) -
                     )
                 ],
             ),
+            time_limit="00:20:00",
         ),
         "vllm": lambda: create_test_run(
             partial_tr,