diff --git a/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationBase.java b/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationBase.java
index 6b505b99..442993bf 100644
--- a/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationBase.java
+++ b/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationBase.java
@@ -135,41 +135,53 @@ static List<String> consumeByteMessages(final String topic, final int expectedMe
             String bootstrapServers) {
         final Properties consumerProperties = getConsumerProperties(bootstrapServers, ByteArrayDeserializer.class,
                 ByteArrayDeserializer.class);
-        final List<byte[]> objects = consumeMessages(topic, expectedMessageCount, consumerProperties);
+        final List<byte[]> objects = consumeMessages(topic, expectedMessageCount, Duration.ofSeconds(60),
+                consumerProperties);
         return objects.stream().map(String::new).collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
 
     static List<GenericRecord> consumeAvroMessages(final String topic, final int expectedMessageCount,
-            final String bootstrapServers, final String schemaRegistryUrl) {
+            final Duration expectedMaxDuration, final String bootstrapServers, final String schemaRegistryUrl) {
         final Properties consumerProperties = getConsumerProperties(bootstrapServers, StringDeserializer.class,
                 KafkaAvroDeserializer.class, schemaRegistryUrl);
-        return consumeMessages(topic, expectedMessageCount, consumerProperties);
+        return consumeMessages(topic, expectedMessageCount, expectedMaxDuration, consumerProperties);
     }
 
     static List<JsonNode> consumeJsonMessages(final String topic, final int expectedMessageCount,
             final String bootstrapServers) {
         final Properties consumerProperties = getConsumerProperties(bootstrapServers, StringDeserializer.class,
                 JsonDeserializer.class);
-        return consumeMessages(topic, expectedMessageCount, consumerProperties);
+        return consumeMessages(topic, expectedMessageCount, Duration.ofSeconds(60), consumerProperties);
     }
 
     static <K, V> List<V> consumeMessages(final String topic, final int expectedMessageCount,
-            final Properties consumerProperties) {
+            final Duration expectedMaxDuration, final Properties consumerProperties) {
         try (KafkaConsumer<K, V> consumer = new KafkaConsumer<>(consumerProperties)) {
             consumer.subscribe(Collections.singletonList(topic));
 
             final List<V> recordValues = new ArrayList<>();
-            await().atMost(Duration.ofMinutes(5)).pollInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(5)).untilAsserted(() -> {
-                final ConsumerRecords<K, V> records = consumer.poll(Duration.ofMillis(500L));
-                for (final ConsumerRecord<K, V> record : records) {
-                    recordValues.add(record.value());
-                }
-                assertThat(recordValues).hasSize(expectedMessageCount);
+            await().atMost(expectedMaxDuration).pollInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(1)).untilAsserted(() -> {
+                assertThat(consumeRecordsInProgress(consumer, recordValues)).hasSize(expectedMessageCount);
             });
             return recordValues;
         }
     }
 
+    private static <K, V> List<V> consumeRecordsInProgress(KafkaConsumer<K, V> consumer, List<V> recordValues) {
+        int recordsRetrieved;
+        do {
+            final ConsumerRecords<K, V> records = consumer.poll(Duration.ofMillis(500L));
+            recordsRetrieved = records.count();
+            for (final ConsumerRecord<K, V> record : records) {
+                recordValues.add(record.value());
+            }
+            // Choosing 10 records as it allows for integration tests with a smaller max poll to be added
+            // while maintaining efficiency, a slightly larger number could be added but this is slightly more efficient
+            // than larger numbers.
+        } while (recordsRetrieved > 10);
+        return recordValues;
+    }
+
     static Map<String, Object> consumeOffsetMessages(KafkaConsumer<byte[], byte[]> consumer) throws IOException {
         // Poll messages from the topic
         final Map<String, Object> messages = new HashMap<>();
diff --git a/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationTest.java b/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationTest.java
index 884051e3..5a573395 100644
--- a/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationTest.java
+++ b/s3-source-connector/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/s3/source/IntegrationTest.java
@@ -230,9 +230,10 @@ void avroTest(final TestInfo testInfo) throws IOException {
         assertThat(testBucketAccessor.listObjects()).hasSize(5);
 
         // Poll Avro messages from the Kafka topic and deserialize them
+        // Waiting for 25k kafka records in this test so a longer Duration is added.
         final List<GenericRecord> records = IntegrationBase.consumeAvroMessages(topicName, numOfRecsFactor * 5,
-                connectRunner.getBootstrapServers(), schemaRegistry.getSchemaRegistryUrl()); // Ensure this method
-                                                                                             // deserializes Avro
+                Duration.ofMinutes(3), connectRunner.getBootstrapServers(), schemaRegistry.getSchemaRegistryUrl());
+        // Ensure this method deserializes Avro
 
         // Verify that the correct data is read from the S3 bucket and pushed to Kafka
         assertThat(records).map(record -> entry(record.get("id"), String.valueOf(record.get("message"))))
@@ -269,7 +270,8 @@ void parquetTest(final TestInfo testInfo) throws IOException {
             Files.delete(path);
         }
 
-        final List<GenericRecord> records = IntegrationBase.consumeAvroMessages(topicName, 100,
+        // Waiting for a small number of messages so using a smaller Duration of a minute
+        final List<GenericRecord> records = IntegrationBase.consumeAvroMessages(topicName, 100, Duration.ofSeconds(60),
                 connectRunner.getBootstrapServers(), schemaRegistry.getSchemaRegistryUrl());
         final List<String> expectedRecordNames = IntStream.range(0, 100)
                 .mapToObj(i -> name + i)