diff --git a/tests/unit/test_layer.py b/tests/unit/test_layer.py
index 9fdc445992b6bea63c6ff37806addcf5e6042c02..fc0a4c4544914512011a63994ef14bd29e570eb5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_layer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_layer.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from semantic_router.route import Route
 from platform import python_version
 
 
-PINECONE_SLEEP = 5
+PINECONE_SLEEP = 10
 
 def mock_encoder_call(utterances):
     # Define a mapping of utterances to return values