diff --git a/testing/ecal/pubsub_test/src/pubsub_gettopics.cpp b/testing/ecal/pubsub_test/src/pubsub_gettopics.cpp
index 6806596fe0..fd59090114 100644
--- a/testing/ecal/pubsub_test/src/pubsub_gettopics.cpp
+++ b/testing/ecal/pubsub_test/src/pubsub_gettopics.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ TEST(PubSub, GetTopics)
   }
 
   // let's unregister them
-  eCAL::Process::SleepMS(CMN_MONITORING_TIMEOUT + 1000);
+  eCAL::Process::SleepMS(CMN_MONITORING_TIMEOUT + 2000);
 
   // get all topics again, now all topics 
   // should be removed from the map