diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-conda.yml
index 3498f087ef..a0ec35973b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-conda.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           - {python-version: "3.8", pytorch-version: "1.10"}
           - {python-version: "3.9", pytorch-version: "1.11"}
           - {python-version: "3.9", pytorch-version: "1.12"}
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    timeout-minutes: 40
 
     steps:
     - name: Workaround for https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/760
diff --git a/src/pytorch_lightning/serve/servable_module_validator.py b/src/pytorch_lightning/serve/servable_module_validator.py
index ddee2a729a..305e520e42 100644
--- a/src/pytorch_lightning/serve/servable_module_validator.py
+++ b/src/pytorch_lightning/serve/servable_module_validator.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ServableModuleValidator(Callback):
         server: Literal["fastapi", "ml_server", "torchserve", "sagemaker"] = "fastapi",
         host: str = "127.0.0.1",
         port: int = 8080,
-        timeout: int = 10,
+        timeout: int = 20,
         exit_on_failure: bool = True,
     ):
         super().__init__()
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ class ServableModuleValidator(Callback):
             except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
                 pass
             if time.time() - t0 > self.timeout:
-                raise Exception(f"The Server didn't start in {self.timeout}")
+                process.kill()
+                raise Exception(f"The server didn't start within {self.timeout} seconds.")
             time.sleep(0.1)
 
         payload = servable_module.configure_payload()