diff --git a/evaluation/utils/shared.py b/evaluation/utils/shared.py
index 33342a4c93..7da0e1a596 100644
--- a/evaluation/utils/shared.py
+++ b/evaluation/utils/shared.py
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ def get_default_sandbox_config_for_eval() -> SandboxConfig:
         # large enough timeout, since some testcases take very long to run
         timeout=300,
         api_key=os.environ.get('ALLHANDS_API_KEY', None),
+        runtime_startup_env_vars={'NO_CHANGE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS': '30'},
         remote_runtime_api_url=os.environ.get('SANDBOX_REMOTE_RUNTIME_API_URL'),
         keep_runtime_alive=False,
         remote_runtime_init_timeout=3600,
diff --git a/openhands/runtime/action_execution_server.py b/openhands/runtime/action_execution_server.py
index 3aa4b2d15b..f27fb945f6 100644
--- a/openhands/runtime/action_execution_server.py
+++ b/openhands/runtime/action_execution_server.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class ActionExecutor:
             work_dir=self._initial_cwd,
             username=self.username,
             no_change_timeout_seconds=int(
-                os.environ.get('NO_CHANGE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS', 30)
+                os.environ.get('NO_CHANGE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS', 10)
             ),
             max_memory_mb=self.max_memory_gb * 1024 if self.max_memory_gb else None,
         )