diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test12.7 b/testsuite/expect/test12.7
index d5ec135a46609a7c0324ff7e92b44a7f15c5892b..59635263046ed3e81f6c3e8cf342f780ec02bfc0 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test12.7
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test12.7
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ expect {
 }
 
 # Wait a bit for the job to be requeued then check its state
-sleep 5
+sleep 8
 
 set state_num 0
 spawn $sacct --job=$job_id -D --noheader --format=state