diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/common/BaseNeuralSearchIT.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/common/BaseNeuralSearchIT.java
index 0d26ccbba..37733adbf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/common/BaseNeuralSearchIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/common/BaseNeuralSearchIT.java
@@ -551,11 +551,7 @@ protected void deleteModel(String modelId) {
         );
 
         // after model undeploy returns, the max interval to update model status is 3s in ml-commons CronJob.
-        try {
-            Thread.sleep(3000);
-        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
+        Thread.sleep(3000);
 
         makeRequest(
             client(),