diff --git a/scripts/upgrade b/scripts/upgrade
index 3945139..e3f2ee7 100755
--- a/scripts/upgrade
+++ b/scripts/upgrade
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ exec_occ() {
     else
         NEXTCLOUD_PHP_VERSION="7.1"
     fi
-    if ! php$NEXTCLOUD_PHP_VERSION 2>/dev/null; then
+    if ! timeout 1 php$NEXTCLOUD_PHP_VERSION 2>/dev/null; then
         local pkg_dependencies = ${dpkg-query --show --showformat='${Depends}' ${app}-ynh-deps}
         pkg_dependencies=${pkg_dependencies/$phpversion/$NEXTCLOUD_PHP_VERSION}
         ynh_install_app_dependencies $pkg_dependencies