diff --git a/providers/http/memcached/memcached.go b/providers/http/memcached/memcached.go
index 98e46cfc8..d0a6d47c9 100644
--- a/providers/http/memcached/memcached.go
+++ b/providers/http/memcached/memcached.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (w *HTTPProvider) Present(_ context.Context, _, token, keyAuth string) erro
 		mc := memcache.New(host)
 
 		// Only because this is slow on GitHub action.
-		mc.Timeout = 5 * time.Second
+		mc.Timeout = 1 * time.Second
 
 		item := &memcache.Item{
 			Key:        challengePath,
diff --git a/providers/http/memcached/memcached_test.go b/providers/http/memcached/memcached_test.go
index 4f7cc8b5b..de3f047ce 100644
--- a/providers/http/memcached/memcached_test.go
+++ b/providers/http/memcached/memcached_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache/memcache"
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v5/challenge/http01"
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ func TestMemcachedPresentPartialFailureMultiHost(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, host := range memcachedHosts {
 		mc := memcache.New(host)
+		// Only because this is slow on GitHub action.
+		mc.Timeout = 1 * time.Second
 
 		i, err := mc.Get(challengePath)
 		require.NoError(t, err)