diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test15.27 b/testsuite/expect/test15.27
index 48aae3b27e5ec9237e267a98b7bc3d3a4aa74d50..e7b975491fa4276781fd5df0deb934c756825749 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test15.27
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test15.27
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ proc check_alloc { } {
 	}
 
 	# Wait a bit for sacct to populate
-	sleep 5
+	sleep 10
 
 	spawn $sacct --job=$job_id --allocation -oalloccpus --noheader
 	expect {