diff --git a/beaker-tests/Sanity/copr-cli-basic-operations/runtest-createrepo.sh b/beaker-tests/Sanity/copr-cli-basic-operations/runtest-createrepo.sh
index dd3b68eee..107d656e5 100755
--- a/beaker-tests/Sanity/copr-cli-basic-operations/runtest-createrepo.sh
+++ b/beaker-tests/Sanity/copr-cli-basic-operations/runtest-createrepo.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ rlJournalStart
 
     rlPhaseStartTest
         rlRun "copr-cli create ${NAME_PREFIX}Createrepo --chroot $CHROOT"
-        echo "sleep 60 seconds to give backend enough time to generate the repo"
-        sleep 60
         # don't specify chroot here, rely on auto-detection
         rlRun "dnf -y copr enable ${URL}/${NAME_PREFIX}Createrepo"
         rlRun "dnf --disablerepo='*' \
@@ -25,8 +23,10 @@ rlJournalStart
             list available 2>&1 | grep 'Failed to synchronize'" 1
 
         rlRun "copr-cli modify ${NAME_PREFIX}Createrepo --chroot fedora-rawhide-x86_64"
-        echo "sleep 60 seconds to give backend enough time to generate the repo"
-        sleep 60
+
+        echo "wait 2+ minutes to invalidate cache"
+        echo "https://github.com/fedora-copr/copr/blob/526473b43b5e0c1f84f7db624f349a50a8e2b7d9/frontend/coprs_frontend/coprs/views/apiv3_ns/apiv3_rpmrepo.py#L37"
+        sleep 125
         rlRun "dnf -y copr enable ${URL}/${NAME_PREFIX}Createrepo fedora-rawhide-x86_64"
         rlRun "dnf --disablerepo='*' \
             --enablerepo='copr:${URL}:$(repo_owner):${NAME_VAR}Createrepo' \