diff --git a/packages/db/src/company-secret-proposals-migration.test.ts b/packages/db/src/company-secret-proposals-migration.test.ts
index 52d9a96a4a..b358551ccc 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/company-secret-proposals-migration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/company-secret-proposals-migration.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ if (!embeddedPostgresSupport.supported) {
 describeEmbeddedPostgres("company secret proposals migration", () => {
   afterEach(async () => Promise.all(cleanups.splice(0).map((cleanup) => cleanup())));
 
+  // Starting an embedded Postgres and replaying a migration against it does not
+  // fit vitest's 5s default: the neighbouring replay suites measure 7-12s on
+  // CI. Every other embedded-Postgres migration test in this package carries an
+  // explicit timeout for that reason; this one did not, so it failed on any
+  // runner that was not unusually fast.
   it("can be reapplied after its migration journal entry is removed", async () => {
     const database = await startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase("paperclip-secret-proposals-migration-");
     cleanups.push(database.cleanup);
@@ -40,5 +45,5 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("company secret proposals migration", () => {
         (SELECT count(*)::int FROM pg_indexes WHERE tablename = 'company_secret_proposals') AS indexes
     `;
     expect(result).toEqual({ constraints: 13, indexes: 5 });
-  });
+  }, 30_000);
 });
diff --git a/packages/db/src/status-card-migrations.test.ts b/packages/db/src/status-card-migrations.test.ts
index 87b0f5072e..6e049d2a70 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/status-card-migrations.test.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/status-card-migrations.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("status card migrations", () => {
     await Promise.all(cleanups.splice(0).map((cleanup) => cleanup()));
   });
 
+  // Same reason as every other embedded-Postgres migration test here: starting
+  // the server and replaying migrations against it does not fit vitest's 5s
+  // default. This suite has not tripped yet only because it replays fewer
+  // statements than its neighbours — it is the same latent failure.
   it("can be reapplied after the schema already exists", async () => {
     const database = await startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase("paperclip-status-card-migrations-");
     cleanups.push(database.cleanup);
@@ -35,5 +39,5 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("status card migrations", () => {
       );
       await sql.unsafe(migrationSql);
     }
-  });
+  }, 30_000);
 });