diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 716a2610..5e482ebe 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
   build-docs:
     working_directory: ~/repo
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/python:3.10
+      - image: cimg/python:3.13
 
     steps:
       - checkout
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
   deploy-docs:
     working_directory: ~/repo
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/python:3.10
+      - image: cimg/python:3.13
     steps:
       - checkout
 
diff --git a/site/conf.py b/site/conf.py
index 4aea25ca..6b80e054 100644
--- a/site/conf.py
+++ b/site/conf.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
                     ]
 
 # MyST-NB configuration
-nb_execution_timeout = 900
+nb_execution_timeout = 60
 
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------