diff --git a/tests/unit/test_layer.py b/tests/unit/test_layer.py
index fc0a4c4544914512011a63994ef14bd29e570eb5..920796bd5583330b740a59bb82dfa2571da0b71a 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 = 10
+PINECONE_SLEEP = 20
 
 def mock_encoder_call(utterances):
     # Define a mapping of utterances to return values