diff --git a/projects/cel-go/fuzz_compile.go b/projects/cel-go/fuzz_compile.go
index a7398da48..5c59d413d 100644
--- a/projects/cel-go/fuzz_compile.go
+++ b/projects/cel-go/fuzz_compile.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package cel
 
 func FuzzCompile(data []byte) int {
-	env, err := NewEnv()
+	env, err := getCELFuzzEnv()
 	if err != nil {
 		panic("impossible to create env")
 	}
diff --git a/projects/cel-go/fuzz_env.go b/projects/cel-go/fuzz_env.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18cd2a46d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/cel-go/fuzz_env.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package cel
+
+// Create environment for running under Address sanitizer without timing out.
+func getCELFuzzEnv() (*Env, error) {
+	// Very dense expressions (balanced trees) can cause address sanitizer to
+	// timeout even though they typically fail in under a second uninstrumented.
+	return NewEnv(ParserRecursionLimit(60))
+}
diff --git a/projects/cel-go/fuzz_eval.go b/projects/cel-go/fuzz_eval.go
index ee5b5482c..3aa250ab8 100644
--- a/projects/cel-go/fuzz_eval.go
+++ b/projects/cel-go/fuzz_eval.go
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ func FuzzEval(data []byte) int {
 	for k, _ := range gen.Inputs {
 		declares = append(declares, decls.NewVar(k, decls.String))
 	}
-	env, err := NewEnv(Declarations(declares...))
+	env, err := getCELFuzzEnv()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("impossible to create env")
+	}
+
+	env, err = env.Extend(Declarations(declares...))
 	if err != nil {
 		panic("impossible to create env")
 	}