diff --git a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml
index 5b3650a53..2dbb1b176 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 20.10.0
+          node-version: 22.5.1
 
       - name: Install Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
diff --git a/apps/automated/project.json b/apps/automated/project.json
index bc795f595..3652ef7f0 100644
--- a/apps/automated/project.json
+++ b/apps/automated/project.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 			"executor": "@nativescript/nx:debug",
 			"options": {
 				"noHmr": true,
+				"debug": false,
 				"uglify": false,
 				"release": false,
 				"forDevice": false,
diff --git a/tools/scripts/run-automated.js b/tools/scripts/run-automated.js
index 120ead630..0dcb99f86 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/run-automated.js
+++ b/tools/scripts/run-automated.js
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ const spawned_process = spawn(
 		`apps-automated`,
 		platform,
 		// "--log=trace",
-		`--flags="--log=trace"`,
-		"--timeout=600" // 10 minutes, booting avds on CI is very slow...
+		// `--flags="--log=trace"`,
+		`--timeout=${TIMEOUT_MS}`
 	],
 	{
 		cwd: workspaceDir,