diff --git a/jenkins/L0_Test.groovy b/jenkins/L0_Test.groovy
index 8fc738e598ed..2258bd822fc4 100644
--- a/jenkins/L0_Test.groovy
+++ b/jenkins/L0_Test.groovy
@@ -1013,6 +1013,7 @@ def runLLMTestlistOnPlatformImpl(pipeline, platform, testList, config=VANILLA_CO
             extraInternalEnv,
             "pytest",
             "-v",
+            "--timeout-method=thread",
             "--apply-test-list-correction",
             "--splitting-algorithm least_duration",
             "--timeout=${pytestTestTimeout}",
@@ -1122,7 +1123,7 @@ def runLLMTestlistOnPlatform(pipeline, platform, testList, config=VANILLA_CONFIG
         sh """
             ls -all ${stageName}/
             if ! grep -q '<testcase' ${stageName}/results.xml; then
-                rm ${stageName}/results.xml
+                rm ${stageName}/results.xml || true
             fi
         """
         def llmPath = sh (script: "realpath .", returnStdout: true).trim()
diff --git a/tests/integration/defs/test_unittests.py b/tests/integration/defs/test_unittests.py
index b38a8a9fa3c4..8f8cd2f987e2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/defs/test_unittests.py
+++ b/tests/integration/defs/test_unittests.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ def test_unittests_v2(llm_root, llm_venv, case: str, output_dir):
         ignore_opt,
         "-v",
         "--timeout=1600",
+        "--timeout-method=thread",
     ]
 
     if dry_run: