diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh
index 62a2067af0400aaf035c84101c57d53f0044adcc..3167c90a567eed3cc2678c80c722dbd0b8684f1e 100755
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ echo "Run test for '$COMPOSE_FILE_PATH'."
 cd $COMPOSE_FILE_PATH
 docker-compose pull -q
 docker-compose up -d kafka zookeeper schema-registry
-sleep 20s
+sleep 30s
 docker-compose up -d
 sleep 5s
 docker-compose ps