diff --git a/tests/unit/test_router.py b/tests/unit/test_router.py
index 6f3db8c1aa8da9868a3c601c60c9aa34f898e09b..19e779e38da365d5de657262669e04dda586a496 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_router.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_router.py
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ class TestSemanticRouter:
             auto_sync="local",
         )
         if index_cls is PineconeIndex:
-            time.sleep(PINECONE_SLEEP)  # allow for index to be populated
+            time.sleep(PINECONE_SLEEP*2)  # allow for index to be populated
         query_result = route_layer(text="Hello").name
         assert query_result in ["Route 1", "Route 2"]