diff --git a/code/crates/test/app/src/app.rs b/code/crates/test/app/src/app.rs
index acf517a5e..b72ea6a8f 100644
--- a/code/crates/test/app/src/app.rs
+++ b/code/crates/test/app/src/app.rs
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ pub async fn run(
                 // When that happens, we store the decided value in our store
                 state.commit(certificate).await?;
 
-                sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+                sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
 
                 // And then we instruct consensus to start the next height
                 if reply