diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 90efb1f2..fa33254f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ ! contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'NoTestNeeded') }}
         run: |
           mvn scala-cross-build:change-version -Pscala-${{ matrix.scala }}
-          mvn clean install --no-transfer-progress -Pspark-${{ matrix.spark }}
+          mvn clean install --no-transfer-progress -Pspark-${{ matrix.spark }} -Dspan.scale.factor=10
diff --git a/examples/atum-examples/pom.xml b/examples/atum-examples/pom.xml
index d51bc4bf..5f9c6f4d 100644
--- a/examples/atum-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/atum-examples/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     <properties>
         <atum.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</atum.version>
         <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+        <span.scale.factor>1</span.scale.factor>
 
         <!-- Cross Compilation Properties -->
         <default.scala.binary.version>2.11</default.scala.binary.version>
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@
         <scala.version>2.12.12</scala.version>
         <scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version>
 
-        <!-- Build and plugins properties -->
+        <!-- Build and plugins versions -->
         <scalatest.maven.plugin.version>2.0.2</scalatest.maven.plugin.version>
         <maven.shade.plugin.version>2.3</maven.shade.plugin.version>
 
@@ -141,6 +142,9 @@
                 <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
                 <artifactId>scalatest-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${scalatest.maven.plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <spanScaleFactor>${span.scale.factor}</spanScaleFactor>
+                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>test</id>
diff --git a/examples/atum-examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/atum/examples/SampleMeasurements3.scala b/examples/atum-examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/atum/examples/SampleMeasurements3.scala
index 33fcd8bb..5aefa34f 100644
--- a/examples/atum-examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/atum/examples/SampleMeasurements3.scala
+++ b/examples/atum-examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/atum/examples/SampleMeasurements3.scala
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ object SampleMeasurements3 extends Eventually {
     spark.disableControlMeasuresTracking()
     spark.close()
 
-    eventually(timeout(scaled(10.seconds)), interval(scaled(500.millis))) {
+    eventually(timeout(scaled(10.seconds)), interval(scaled(500.millis))) { // scaling will help on slow environments
       if (!Files.exists(Paths.get("data/output/stage3_job_results/_INFO"))) {
         throw new Exception("_INFO file not found at data/output/stage3_job_results")
       }