diff --git a/scripts/functions.bash b/scripts/functions.bash
index d1c5d36..cca7b35 100755
--- a/scripts/functions.bash
+++ b/scripts/functions.bash
@@ -58,11 +58,21 @@ log()
 wait_sonarqube_up()
 {
     sonar_status="DOWN"
+    http_code=0
     log $INFO "initiating connection with SonarQube."
     sleep 15
+    while [ "$http_code" -ne 200 ]
+    do
+        sleep 5
+        http_code=$(curl -i -su "admin:$SONARQUBE_ADMIN_PASSWORD" "${SONARQUBE_URL}" \
+        | sed -n -r -e 's/^HTTP\/.+ ([0-9]+)/\1/p')
+        http_code=${http_code:0:3} # remove \n
+        log $INFO "SonarQube HTTP code is ${http_code}, expecting it to be 200."
+    done
+    log $INFO "SonarQube HTTP code is ${http_code}"
     while [ "${sonar_status}" != "UP" ]
     do
-        sleep 20
+        sleep 5
         sonar_status=$(curl -s -X GET "${SONARQUBE_URL}/api/system/status" | jq -r '.status')
         log $INFO "SonarQube is ${sonar_status}, expecting it to be UP."
     done
diff --git a/tests/test_cnes_sonarqube.py b/tests/test_cnes_sonarqube.py
index ddde9e5..3517d96 100644
--- a/tests/test_cnes_sonarqube.py
+++ b/tests/test_cnes_sonarqube.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def test_check_plugins(self):
             ("Kotlin Code Quality and Security","2.12.0 (build 1956)"),
             ("PHP Code Quality and Security","3.27.1 (build 9352)"),
             ("PMD", "3.4.0"),
-            ("Python Code Quality and Security","3.24 (build 10784)"),
+            ("Python Code Quality and Security", "3.24.1 (build 11916)"),
             ("Ruby Code Quality and Security","1.11.0 (build 3905)"),
             ("Scala Code Quality and Security","1.11.0 (build 3905)"),
             ("ShellCheck Analyzer","2.5.0"),