diff --git a/.github/workflows/mls-client.yml b/.github/workflows/mls-client.yml
index 4c033353e..57fbd410f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mls-client.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mls-client.yml
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn
       - name: Start dev environment
         run: ./dev/up
-      - name: Sleep for 1 second
-        run: sleep 1s
+      - name: Sleep for 5 seconds
+        run: sleep 5s
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           cd packages/mls-client