diff --git a/tests/pexpects/signals.py b/tests/pexpects/signals.py
index 0017ebfaa..9c8c3df30 100644
--- a/tests/pexpects/signals.py
+++ b/tests/pexpects/signals.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ expect_prompt()
 sendline("sleep 1234 &")
 expect_prompt()
 os.kill(-sp.spawn.pid, signal.SIGINT)
-sleep(0.010)
+sleep(0.500)
 sendline("jobs")
 expect_prompt("sleep 1234")
 sendline("kill %1")