diff --git a/post-deployment/tests/test_tango_tools.py b/post-deployment/tests/test_tango_tools.py
index beb724d431a2e14499bf82544096365270e06bb5..b274ccd5543ce21589664d9bbe5778bcf30376fe 100644
--- a/post-deployment/tests/test_tango_tools.py
+++ b/post-deployment/tests/test_tango_tools.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def curl_rest(run_context, basic_auth, address):
     
     auth_tuple = (basic_auth.split(':')[0], basic_auth.split(':')[1])
     
-    sleep_time = 20
+    sleep_time = 30
     max_retries = 10
     total_slept = 0
     for x in range(0, max_retries):