diff --git a/tests/unit/test_router.py b/tests/unit/test_router.py
index 667706941da4cb5089cbf86858946d53cd07b53c..cd4d14204d0cb58d3fdd8bdbdea709d2e33d1a6f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_router.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_router.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from semantic_router.route import Route
 from platform import python_version
 
 
-PINECONE_SLEEP = 8
+PINECONE_SLEEP = 12
 
 
 def mock_encoder_call(utterances):