diff --git a/spec/support/wait_for_ajax.rb b/spec/support/wait_for_ajax.rb
index 5195e0c8..ba1678e0 100644
--- a/spec/support/wait_for_ajax.rb
+++ b/spec/support/wait_for_ajax.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 module WaitForAjax
   def wait_for_ajax
-    Timeout.timeout(Capybara.default_wait_time) do
+    Timeout.timeout(Capybara.default_max_wait_time) do
       loop until ajax_requests_finished?
     end
   end