diff --git a/tests/wait.expect b/tests/wait.expect
index 72d05dfb8..354eb8329 100644
--- a/tests/wait.expect
+++ b/tests/wait.expect
@@ -15,33 +15,33 @@ expect_prompt "jobs: There are no jobs" {} unmatched { puts stderr $error_msg }
 # three job ids specified
 set error_msg "three job ids specified: Fail"
 
-send_line "sleep 3 &; sleep 1 &; sleep 2 &; sleep 4 &;"
+send_line "sleep 0.3 &; sleep 0.1 &; sleep 0.2 &; sleep 0.4 &;"
 expect_prompt
 send_line "wait %1 %3 %4"
-expect "Job 2, 'sleep 1 &' has ended" {} timeout { puts stderr $error_msg }
-expect "Job 3, 'sleep 2 &' has ended" {} timeout { puts stderr $error_msg }
-expect "Job 1, 'sleep 3 &' has ended" {} timeout { puts stderr $error_msg }
-expect_prompt "Job 4, 'sleep 4 &' has ended" {} unmatched { puts stderr $error_msg }
+expect "Job 2, 'sleep 0.1 &' has ended" {} timeout { puts stderr $error_msg }
+expect "Job 3, 'sleep 0.2 &' has ended" {} timeout { puts stderr $error_msg }
+expect "Job 1, 'sleep 0.3 &' has ended" {} timeout { puts stderr $error_msg }
+expect_prompt "Job 4, 'sleep 0.4 &' has ended" {} unmatched { puts stderr $error_msg }
 send_line "jobs"
 expect_prompt "jobs: There are no jobs" {} unmatched { puts stderr $error_msg }
 
 # specify job ids with -n option
 set error_msg "specify job ids with -n option: Fail"
 
-send_line "sleep 3 &; sleep 1 &; sleep 2 &"
+send_line "sleep 0.3 &; sleep 0.1 &; sleep 0.2 &"
 expect_prompt
 send_line "wait -n %1 %3"
-expect "Job 2, 'sleep 1 &' has ended" {} timeout { puts stderr $error_msg }
-expect_prompt "Job 3, 'sleep 2 &' has ended" {} unmatched { puts stderr $error_msg }
+expect "Job 2, 'sleep 0.1 &' has ended" {} timeout { puts stderr $error_msg }
+expect_prompt "Job 3, 'sleep 0.2 &' has ended" {} unmatched { puts stderr $error_msg }
 send_line "wait -n %1"
-expect_prompt "Job 1, 'sleep 3 &' has ended" {} unmatched { puts stderr $error_msg }
+expect_prompt "Job 1, 'sleep 0.3 &' has ended" {} unmatched { puts stderr $error_msg }
 send_line "jobs"
 expect_prompt "jobs: There are no jobs" {} unmatched { puts stderr $error_msg }
 
 # don't wait for stopped jobs
 set error_msg "don't wait for stopped jobs: Fail"
 
-send_line "sleep 3 &"
+send_line "sleep 0.3 &"
 expect_prompt
 send_line "kill -STOP %1"
 expect_prompt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ expect_prompt "jobs: There are no jobs" {} unmatched { puts stderr $error_msg }
 # wait for jobs by its process name with -n option
 set error_msg "wait for jobs by its process name with -n option: Fail"
 
-send_line "for i in (seq 1 3); sleep \$i &; end"
+send_line "for i in (seq 1 3); sleep 0.\$i &; end"
 expect_prompt
 send_line "wait -n sleep"
 expect_prompt
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ expect_prompt "jobs: There are no jobs" {} unmatched { puts stderr $error_msg }
 # complex case
 set error_msg "complex case: Fail"
 
-send_line "for i in (seq 1 10); ls | sleep 2 | cat > /dev/null &; end"
+send_line "for i in (seq 1 10); ls | sleep 0.2 | cat > /dev/null &; end"
 expect_prompt
-send_line "sleep 3 | cat &"
+send_line "sleep 0.3 | cat &"
 expect_prompt
-send_line "sleep 1 &"
+send_line "sleep 0.1 &"
 expect_prompt
 send_line "wait \$last_pid sleep"
 expect_prompt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ expect_prompt "jobs: There are no jobs" {} unmatched { puts stderr $error_msg }
 # test with fish script
 set error_msg "test with fish script: Fail"
 
-send_line "fish -c 'sleep 2 &; sleep 3 &; sleep 1 &; wait -n sleep; jobs | wc -l'"
+send_line "fish -c 'sleep 0.2 &; sleep 0.3 &; sleep 0.1 &; wait -n sleep; jobs | wc -l'"
 expect "1" {} timeout { puts stderr $error_msg }
 expect_prompt