diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/UnicastZenPingTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/UnicastZenPingTests.java
index 87e65d17fd9aa..859c056292445 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/UnicastZenPingTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/UnicastZenPingTests.java
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ PingCollection pingAndWait() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
             markTaskAsStarted("send pings");
             markTaskAsStarted("send pings");
             final AtomicReference<PingCollection> response = new AtomicReference<>();
-            ping(response::set, TimeValue.timeValueMillis(1), TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(1));
+            ping(response::set, TimeValue.timeValueMillis(1), TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(30));
             pingingRoundClosed.await();
             final PingCollection result = response.get();
             assertNotNull("pinging didn't complete",  result);