diff --git a/ccs.wdl b/ccs.wdl
index a0941e9750ebb1f0f0128265a2ac98feba0d4416..983900dcaa1517248ba6ff166a98bb5ea187969a 100644
--- a/ccs.wdl
+++ b/ccs.wdl
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ task CCS {
         cores: {description: "The number of cores to be used.", category: "advanced"}
         memory: {description: "The amount of memory available to the job.", category: "advanced"}
         dockerImage: {description: "The docker image used for this task. Changing this may result in errors which the developers may choose not to address.", category: "advanced"}
+        timeMinutes: {description: "The time (in minutes) it will take for this task to complete.", category: "advanced"}
 
         # outputs
         outputCCSfile: {description: "Consensus reads output file."}
diff --git a/isoseq3.wdl b/isoseq3.wdl
index de58bc42940c31876aecbccff91b8111536af066..0a3f2636d5a1a02e57d3488de38370636f8f8df3 100644
--- a/isoseq3.wdl
+++ b/isoseq3.wdl
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ task Refine {
         cores: {description: "The number of cores to be used.", category: "advanced"}
         memory: {description: "The amount of memory available to the job.", category: "advanced"}
         dockerImage: {description: "The docker image used for this task. Changing this may result in errors which the developers may choose not to address.", category: "advanced"}
+        timeMinutes: {description: "The time (in minutes) it will take for this task to complete.", category: "advanced"}
 
         # outputs
         outputFLNCfile: {description: "Filtered reads output file."}
diff --git a/lima.wdl b/lima.wdl
index 5e9c32f1a36b13a3b6efd1bcbcd2191ad0ece6c6..5a9646dbc40c9f1cb871665c23713db5c038f2ef 100644
--- a/lima.wdl
+++ b/lima.wdl
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ task Lima {
         cores: {description: "The number of cores to be used.", category: "advanced"}
         memory: {description: "The amount of memory available to the job.", category: "advanced"}
         dockerImage: {description: "The docker image used for this task. Changing this may result in errors which the developers may choose not to address.", category: "advanced"}
+        timeMinutes: {description: "The time (in minutes) it will take for this task to complete.", category: "advanced"}
 
         # outputs
         outputFLfile: {description: "Demultiplexed reads output file(s)."}