diff --git a/components/camel-ai/camel-langchain4j-embeddings/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/langchain4j/embeddings/LangChain4jEmbeddingsComponentInfinispanTargetIT.java b/components/camel-ai/camel-langchain4j-embeddings/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/langchain4j/embeddings/LangChain4jEmbeddingsComponentInfinispanTargetIT.java
index d202ffecc15e6..b6590698c992c 100644
--- a/components/camel-ai/camel-langchain4j-embeddings/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/langchain4j/embeddings/LangChain4jEmbeddingsComponentInfinispanTargetIT.java
+++ b/components/camel-ai/camel-langchain4j-embeddings/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/langchain4j/embeddings/LangChain4jEmbeddingsComponentInfinispanTargetIT.java
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ protected void setupResources() throws Exception {
         if (cacheContainer == null) {
             cacheContainer = getCacheContainer();
             final IterationBoundedBudget budget
-                    = Budgets.iterationBudget().withInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(1)).withMaxIterations(10).build();
+                    = Budgets.iterationBudget().withInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(2)).withMaxIterations(15).build();
             final ForegroundTask task = Tasks.foregroundTask()
                     .withBudget(budget).build();
 
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ private RemoteCacheManager getCacheContainer() {
     private boolean createCache() {
         try {
             getOrCreateCache();
+            // Verify the protobuf metadata cache is also ready, as the Infinispan
+            // component needs it when the route starts
+            cacheContainer.getCache("___protobuf_metadata");
             return true;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             return false;
@@ -251,6 +254,8 @@ private ConfigurationBuilder getConfiguration() {
         clientBuilder.addServer()
                 .host(service.host())
                 .port(service.port());
+        clientBuilder.socketTimeout(15000)
+                .connectionTimeout(15000);
 
         clientBuilder.security()
                 .authentication()
diff --git a/components/camel-infinispan/camel-infinispan/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/infinispan/remote/InfinispanRemoteTestSupport.java b/components/camel-infinispan/camel-infinispan/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/infinispan/remote/InfinispanRemoteTestSupport.java
index f2912d1e16aed..6e4a152765c3f 100644
--- a/components/camel-infinispan/camel-infinispan/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/infinispan/remote/InfinispanRemoteTestSupport.java
+++ b/components/camel-infinispan/camel-infinispan/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/infinispan/remote/InfinispanRemoteTestSupport.java
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ protected ConfigurationBuilder getConfiguration() {
                 .host(service.host())
                 .port(service.port());
 
+        clientBuilder
+                .socketTimeout(15000)
+                .connectionTimeout(15000);
+
         // add security info
         clientBuilder
                 .security()