diff --git a/test/karma-test-shim.js b/test/karma-test-shim.js
index a451530c9c3..ba7c9509392 100644
--- a/test/karma-test-shim.js
+++ b/test/karma-test-shim.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 /*global jasmine, __karma__, window*/
 Error.stackTraceLimit = Infinity;
-jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 3000;
+
+// The default time that jasmine waits for an asynchronous test to finish is five seconds.
+// If this timeout is too short the CI may fail randomly because our asynchronous tests can
+// take longer in some situations (e.g Saucelabs and Browserstack tunnels)
+jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 10000;
 
 __karma__.loaded = function () {};
 
@@ -85,8 +89,6 @@ function configureTestBed() {
     var testing = providers[0];
     var testingBrowser = providers[1];
 
-    jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 10000;
-
     var testBed = testing.TestBed.initTestEnvironment(
       testingBrowser.BrowserDynamicTestingModule,
       testingBrowser.platformBrowserDynamicTesting()