diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test6.13 b/testsuite/expect/test6.13
index 5662114f7b03d7eff38716aeea29b16c190d9ba4..edfe57afe31ce4879ee8009d62bcd9daa8baf2f0 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test6.13
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test6.13
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ if {[wait_for_job $job_id RUNNING] != 0} {
 }
 # Allow time for the step to start
 # This could take a while with launch/poe
-sleep 10
+sleep 20
 
 #
 # Test verbose scancel
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test6.7 b/testsuite/expect/test6.7
index 49b420f1c076069131fab7e4ccc40de80daa9d21..e39049e8894309acbd3aab1ba60080cd52742e8b 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test6.7
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test6.7
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if {[wait_for_job $job_id RUNNING] != 0} {
 }
 # Allow time for the step to start
 # This could take a while with launch/poe
-sleep 10
+sleep 20
 
 #
 # Test verbose scancel