diff --git a/tests/kernels/moe/modular_kernel_tools/parallel_utils.py b/tests/kernels/moe/modular_kernel_tools/parallel_utils.py
index 235d1b81a4..b6cafe4a41 100644
--- a/tests/kernels/moe/modular_kernel_tools/parallel_utils.py
+++ b/tests/kernels/moe/modular_kernel_tools/parallel_utils.py
@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@ from vllm.distributed import (
     init_distributed_environment,
     initialize_model_parallel,
 )
+from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 from vllm.utils.network_utils import get_open_port
 
 ## Parallel Processes Utils
 
 P = ParamSpec("P")
 
-LAUNCH_TIMEOUT_S = 900
+# On ROCm the first AITER CK MoE launch JIT-compiles two stage modules that the
+# AITER wheel does not prebuild, ~10 min each (ROCm/aiter#5766).
+LAUNCH_TIMEOUT_S = 1800 if current_platform.is_rocm() else 900
 
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass