diff --git a/scripts/run-openclaw-podman.sh b/scripts/run-openclaw-podman.sh
index bfc96daa94ad..375d59e42008 100755
--- a/scripts/run-openclaw-podman.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-openclaw-podman.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ fail() {
 
 run_podman_detached() {
   if command -v timeout >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    timeout "$PODMAN_RUN_TIMEOUT" podman run "$@"
+    if timeout --kill-after=1s 1s true >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      timeout --kill-after=30s "$PODMAN_RUN_TIMEOUT" podman run "$@"
+    else
+      timeout "$PODMAN_RUN_TIMEOUT" podman run "$@"
+    fi
     return
   fi
   podman run "$@"
diff --git a/test/scripts/test-install-sh-docker.test.ts b/test/scripts/test-install-sh-docker.test.ts
index 1358b52a8dbd..f0e2f4f4dc3e 100644
--- a/test/scripts/test-install-sh-docker.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/test-install-sh-docker.test.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ describe("test-install-sh-docker", () => {
     expect(script).toContain('PODMAN_RUN_TIMEOUT="${OPENCLAW_PODMAN_RUN_TIMEOUT:-600s}"');
     expect(script).toContain("OPENCLAW_PODMAN_RUN_TIMEOUT|OPENCLAW_PODMAN_GATEWAY_HOST_PORT");
     expect(script).toContain("run_podman_detached()");
+    expect(script).toContain("timeout --kill-after=1s 1s true");
+    expect(script).toContain('timeout --kill-after=30s "$PODMAN_RUN_TIMEOUT" podman run "$@"');
     expect(script).toContain('timeout "$PODMAN_RUN_TIMEOUT" podman run "$@"');
     expect(script).toContain('podman run --pull="$PODMAN_PULL" --rm -it \\');
     expect(script).toContain('run_podman_detached --pull="$PODMAN_PULL" -d --replace \\');