diff --git a/tests/unit/test_router.py b/tests/unit/test_router.py
index 3d476b1b248732460b1fcb98bb4a77f2907bb67a..aa0c83fa4ca2021d59ca60e9f507380d6d86652c 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 = 12
+PINECONE_SLEEP = 10
 
 
 def mock_encoder_call(utterances):
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ def openai_encoder(mocker):
 
     mocker.patch.object(OpenAIEncoder, "acall", side_effect=async_mock_encoder_call)
     # Create and return the mocked encoder
-    encoder = OpenAIEncoder(name="text-embedding-3-small")
+    encoder = OpenAIEncoder(
+        name="text-embedding-3-small"
+    )
     return encoder
 
 
@@ -267,7 +269,7 @@ class TestIndexEncoders:
             top_k=10,
         )
         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
 
         if isinstance(route_layer, HybridRouter):
             assert (