diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh
index 4e22e97e4dd6bc42571e852bd30f73ce2a3a0469..b7f0c2539aac105a3981aa402162ba9a0c6ed9be 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 10s
+sleep 20s
 docker-compose up -d
 sleep 5s
 docker-compose ps