diff --git a/sdcm/nemesis.py b/sdcm/nemesis.py
index 786cf16fad..ba63ec1205 100644
--- a/sdcm/nemesis.py
+++ b/sdcm/nemesis.py
@@ -3555,7 +3555,8 @@ def remove_node():
             self.log.info("Running removenode command on {}, Removing node with the following host_id: {}"
                           .format(rnd_node.ip_address, host_id))
             with adaptive_timeout(Operations.REMOVE_NODE, rnd_node, timeout=HOUR_IN_SEC * 48):
-                res = rnd_node.run_nodetool("removenode {}".format(host_id), ignore_status=True, verbose=True)
+                res = rnd_node.run_nodetool("removenode {}".format(
+                    host_id), ignore_status=True, verbose=True, long_running=True)
             if res.failed and re.match(removenode_reject_msg, res.stdout + res.stderr):
                 raise Exception(f"Removenode was rejected {res.stdout}\n{res.stderr}")