diff --git a/tests/CrawlerProcess/sleeping.py b/tests/CrawlerProcess/sleeping.py
index b46f7ee2d..420d9d328 100644
--- a/tests/CrawlerProcess/sleeping.py
+++ b/tests/CrawlerProcess/sleeping.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class SleepingSpider(scrapy.Spider):
         from twisted.internet import reactor
 
         d = Deferred()
-        reactor.callLater(2, d.callback, None)
+        reactor.callLater(3, d.callback, None)
         await maybe_deferred_to_future(d)