diff --git a/cardano-testnet/cardano-testnet.cabal b/cardano-testnet/cardano-testnet.cabal
index 1dcf59dcf99..b287e03f916 100644
--- a/cardano-testnet/cardano-testnet.cabal
+++ b/cardano-testnet/cardano-testnet.cabal
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ test-suite cardano-testnet-test
                         Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.PParamChangeFailsSPO
                         Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.ProposeNewConstitution
                         Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.ProposeNewConstitutionSPO
+                        Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.GovActionTimeout
                         Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.TreasuryGrowth
                         Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.TreasuryWithdrawal
                         Cardano.Testnet.Test.Misc
diff --git a/cardano-testnet/test/cardano-testnet-test/Cardano/Testnet/Test/Gov/GovActionTimeout.hs b/cardano-testnet/test/cardano-testnet-test/Cardano/Testnet/Test/Gov/GovActionTimeout.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..846b4117212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cardano-testnet/test/cardano-testnet-test/Cardano/Testnet/Test/Gov/GovActionTimeout.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+
+module Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.GovActionTimeout
+  ( hprop_check_gov_action_timeout
+  ) where
+
+import           Cardano.Api as Api
+import           Cardano.Api.Eon.ShelleyBasedEra (ShelleyLedgerEra)
+import           Cardano.Api.Ledger (EpochInterval (EpochInterval, unEpochInterval))
+
+import           Cardano.Ledger.Conway.Core (ConwayEraPParams, ppGovActionLifetimeL)
+import           Cardano.Ledger.Conway.Governance (ConwayGovState, cgsCurPParamsL)
+import           Cardano.Testnet
+
+import           Prelude
+
+import           Control.Monad (void)
+import           Data.String (fromString)
+import           Lens.Micro ((^.))
+import           System.FilePath ((</>))
+
+import           Testnet.Components.Query
+import           Testnet.Process.Cli.DRep (makeActivityChangeProposal)
+import           Testnet.Process.Run (mkExecConfig)
+import           Testnet.Property.Util (integrationWorkspace)
+import           Testnet.Types
+
+import           Hedgehog (MonadTest, Property)
+import qualified Hedgehog as H
+import qualified Hedgehog.Extras as H
+
+-- | Test that SPOs cannot vote on a Protocol Parameter change
+-- | Execute me with:
+-- @DISABLE_RETRIES=1 cabal test cardano-testnet-test --test-options '-p "/Gov Action Timeout/"'@
+hprop_check_gov_action_timeout :: Property
+hprop_check_gov_action_timeout = integrationWorkspace "gov-action-timeout" $ \tempAbsBasePath' ->
+                                 H.runWithDefaultWatchdog_ $ do
+  -- Start a local test net
+  conf@Conf { tempAbsPath } <- mkConf tempAbsBasePath'
+  let tempAbsPath' = unTmpAbsPath tempAbsPath
+      tempBaseAbsPath = makeTmpBaseAbsPath tempAbsPath
+
+  work <- H.createDirectoryIfMissing $ tempAbsPath' </> "work"
+
+  -- Create default testnet
+  let ceo = ConwayEraOnwardsConway
+      sbe = conwayEraOnwardsToShelleyBasedEra ceo
+      era = toCardanoEra sbe
+      cEra = AnyCardanoEra era
+      fastTestnetOptions = cardanoDefaultTestnetOptions
+        { cardanoEpochLength = 200
+        , cardanoNodeEra = cEra
+        }
+
+  TestnetRuntime
+    { testnetMagic
+    , poolNodes
+    , wallets=wallet0:_
+    , configurationFile
+    }
+    <- cardanoTestnetDefault fastTestnetOptions conf
+
+  PoolNode{poolRuntime} <- H.headM poolNodes
+  poolSprocket1 <- H.noteShow $ nodeSprocket poolRuntime
+  execConfig <- mkExecConfig tempBaseAbsPath poolSprocket1 testnetMagic
+  let socketPath = nodeSocketPath poolRuntime
+
+  epochStateView <- getEpochStateView configurationFile socketPath
+
+  H.note_ $ "Sprocket: " <> show poolSprocket1
+  H.note_ $ "Abs path: " <> tempAbsBasePath'
+  H.note_ $ "Socketpath: " <> unFile socketPath
+  H.note_ $ "Foldblocks config file: " <> unFile configurationFile
+
+  gov <- H.createDirectoryIfMissing $ work </> "governance"
+
+  baseDir <- H.createDirectoryIfMissing $ gov </> "output"
+
+  -- Figure out expiration time for proposals
+
+  govActionLifetime <- getGovActionLifetime epochStateView ceo
+  H.note_ $ "govActionLifetime: " <> show govActionLifetime
+
+  -- Create a proposal
+  (governanceActionTxId, _governanceActionIndex) <-
+    makeActivityChangeProposal execConfig epochStateView ceo baseDir "proposal"
+                               Nothing (EpochInterval 3) wallet0 (EpochInterval 2)
+
+  -- Wait for proposal to expire
+  void $ waitForEpochs epochStateView (EpochInterval $ unEpochInterval govActionLifetime + 1)
+
+  -- Check proposal expired
+  mGovernanceActionTxIx <- watchEpochStateUpdate epochStateView (EpochInterval 2) $ \(anyNewEpochState, _, _) ->
+      return $ maybeExtractGovernanceActionIndex (fromString governanceActionTxId) anyNewEpochState
+
+  mGovernanceActionTxIx H.=== Nothing
+
+-- | Obtains the @govActionLifetime@ from the protocol parameters.
+-- The @govActionLifetime@ or governance action maximum lifetime in epochs is
+-- the number of epochs such that a governance action submitted during an epoch @e@
+-- expires if it is still not ratified as of the end of epoch: @e + govActionLifetime + 1@.
+getGovActionLifetime :: (ConwayEraPParams (ShelleyLedgerEra era), H.MonadAssertion m, MonadTest m, MonadIO m)
+  => EpochStateView
+  -> ConwayEraOnwards era
+  -> m EpochInterval
+getGovActionLifetime epochStateView ceo = do
+   govState :: ConwayGovState era <- getGovState epochStateView ceo
+   return $ govState ^. cgsCurPParamsL
+                      . ppGovActionLifetimeL
diff --git a/cardano-testnet/test/cardano-testnet-test/cardano-testnet-test.hs b/cardano-testnet/test/cardano-testnet-test/cardano-testnet-test.hs
index 5c4e1cafe44..0abd882d754 100644
--- a/cardano-testnet/test/cardano-testnet-test/cardano-testnet-test.hs
+++ b/cardano-testnet/test/cardano-testnet-test/cardano-testnet-test.hs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import qualified Cardano.Testnet.Test.FoldEpochState
 import qualified Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.CommitteeAddNew as Gov
 import qualified Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.DRepDeposit as Gov
 import qualified Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.DRepRetirement as Gov
+import qualified Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.GovActionTimeout as Gov
 import qualified Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.NoConfidence as Gov
 import qualified Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.PParamChangeFailsSPO as Gov
 import qualified Cardano.Testnet.Test.Gov.ProposeNewConstitution as Gov
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ tests = do
                 , ignoreOnWindows "DRep Retirement" Gov.hprop_drep_retirement
                 , ignoreOnMacAndWindows "Propose And Ratify New Constitution" Gov.hprop_ledger_events_propose_new_constitution
                 , ignoreOnWindows "Propose New Constitution SPO" Gov.hprop_ledger_events_propose_new_constitution_spo
+                , ignoreOnWindows "Gov Action Timeout" Gov.hprop_check_gov_action_timeout
                 , ignoreOnWindows "Treasury Withdrawal" Gov.hprop_ledger_events_treasury_withdrawal
                 , ignoreOnWindows "PParam change fails for SPO" Gov.hprop_check_pparam_fails_spo
                 -- FIXME Those tests are flaky