diff --git a/tests/automatic/producer/python_api/check_linux.sh b/tests/automatic/producer/python_api/check_linux.sh
index 71e20a339a9a52627eb5035981ef8f525ee41706..41564e5e5bf04551ec57bea271459074accdb875 100644
--- a/tests/automatic/producer/python_api/check_linux.sh
+++ b/tests/automatic/producer/python_api/check_linux.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ mkdir -p ${receiver_folder}
 
 echo test > file1
 
-sleep 1
+sleep 10
 
 $1 $3 $data_source $beamtime_id  "127.0.0.1:8400" &> out || cat out
 cat out