diff --git a/tests/unit/test_sync.py b/tests/unit/test_sync.py
index 9151dc71..c316a681 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_sync.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_sync.py
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ async def test_utterance_diff(self, openai_encoder, routes, routes_2, index_cls)
             encoder=openai_encoder, routes=routes_2, index=index
         )
         if index_cls is PineconeIndex:
-            await asyncio.sleep(PINECONE_SLEEP)  # allow for index to be populated
+            await asyncio.sleep(PINECONE_SLEEP*2)  # allow for index to be populated
         diff = await route_layer_2.aget_utterance_diff(include_metadata=True)
         assert '+ Route 1: Hello | None | {"type": "default"}' in diff
         assert '+ Route 1: Hi | None | {"type": "default"}' in diff