diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test12.4 b/testsuite/expect/test12.4
index 56f6a6e247ddf51dc797c409b115d0f4b69a8832..cebb9867f1d02dd3d96d021bc11a8edc42fca51f 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test12.4
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test12.4
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ if {$job_id == 0} {
 }
 
 if {$using_slurmdbd} {
-	sleep 30
+	sleep 5
 }
 
 
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test21.23 b/testsuite/expect/test21.23
index 8cc5f50d45d1b552bc027661115df0654a783171..b4f64cea4a608ab32b7f96c01f3dde21c26e5d09 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test21.23
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test21.23
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ expect {
 }
 
 if {$using_slurmdbd} {
-	sleep 30
+	sleep 5
 }
 
 spawn $sacct -j $job_id --fields=wckey
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ if {$job_id == 0} {
 		}
 	}
 	if {$using_slurmdbd} {
-		sleep 30
+		sleep 5
 	}
 
 	spawn $sacct -j $job_id --fields=wckey
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ if {$job_id == 0} {
 	}
 
 	if {$using_slurmdbd} {
-		sleep 30
+		sleep 5
 	}
 
 	spawn $sacct -j $job_id --fields=wckey