diff --git a/eng/helix/content/RunTests/Program.cs b/eng/helix/content/RunTests/Program.cs
index ab753f4381..349ab29b8a 100644
--- a/eng/helix/content/RunTests/Program.cs
+++ b/eng/helix/content/RunTests/Program.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ namespace RunTests
 
                 var keepGoing = runner.SetupEnvironment();
                 if (keepGoing)
+                {
+                    keepGoing = await runner.InstallDotnetDump();
+                }
+                if (keepGoing)
                 {
                     keepGoing = await runner.InstallAspNetAppIfNeededAsync();
                 }
@@ -23,10 +27,6 @@ namespace RunTests
                 {
                     keepGoing = runner.InstallAspNetRefIfNeeded();
                 }
-                if (keepGoing)
-                {
-                    keepGoing = await runner.InstallDotnetDump();
-                }
 
                 runner.DisplayContents();
 
diff --git a/eng/helix/content/RunTests/TestRunner.cs b/eng/helix/content/RunTests/TestRunner.cs
index 921686ffb1..a5e64c947f 100644
--- a/eng/helix/content/RunTests/TestRunner.cs
+++ b/eng/helix/content/RunTests/TestRunner.cs
@@ -123,14 +123,16 @@ namespace RunTests
                         environmentVariables: EnvironmentVariables,
                         outputDataReceived: Console.WriteLine,
                         errorDataReceived: Console.Error.WriteLine,
-                        throwOnError: false);
+                        throwOnError: false,
+                        cancellationToken: new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2)).Token);
 
                     await ProcessUtil.RunAsync($"{Options.DotnetRoot}/dotnet",
                         "nuget add source https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet5/nuget/v3/index.json --configfile NuGet.config",
                         environmentVariables: EnvironmentVariables,
                         outputDataReceived: Console.WriteLine,
                         errorDataReceived: Console.Error.WriteLine,
-                        throwOnError: false);
+                        throwOnError: false,
+                        cancellationToken: new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2)).Token);
 
                     // Write nuget sources to console, useful for debugging purposes
                     await ProcessUtil.RunAsync($"{Options.DotnetRoot}/dotnet",
@@ -138,14 +140,16 @@ namespace RunTests
                         environmentVariables: EnvironmentVariables,
                         outputDataReceived: Console.WriteLine,
                         errorDataReceived: Console.Error.WriteLine,
-                        throwOnError: false);
+                        throwOnError: false,
+                        cancellationToken: new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2)).Token);
 
                     await ProcessUtil.RunAsync($"{Options.DotnetRoot}/dotnet",
                         $"tool install dotnet-ef --version {Options.EfVersion} --tool-path {Options.HELIX_WORKITEM_ROOT}",
                         environmentVariables: EnvironmentVariables,
                         outputDataReceived: Console.WriteLine,
                         errorDataReceived: Console.Error.WriteLine,
-                        throwOnError: false);
+                        throwOnError: false,
+                        cancellationToken: new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2)).Token);
 
                     // ';' is the path separator on Windows, and ':' on Unix
                     Options.Path += RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows) ? ";" : ":";