diff --git a/other/rec-req/refresh-volumes-in-pods/04-check-annotations.yaml b/other/rec-req/refresh-volumes-in-pods/04-check-annotations.yaml
index e5ec918e0..686919495 100644
--- a/other/rec-req/refresh-volumes-in-pods/04-check-annotations.yaml
+++ b/other/rec-req/refresh-volumes-in-pods/04-check-annotations.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
 kind: TestStep
 commands:
-- command: sleep 5
+- command: sleep 3
 - script: |
     annotation=$(kubectl get pod pod01 -n refresh-vols-ns -o json | kyverno jp query "metadata.annotations.\"corp.org/random\" || '' " | tail -n 1 | cut -d '"' -f 2)
     if [ "$annotation" = "" ]; then exit 1; else exit 0; fi
diff --git a/other/rec-req/refresh-volumes-in-pods/05-check.yaml b/other/rec-req/refresh-volumes-in-pods/05-check.yaml
index f9a9d2e7b..61c1a121f 100644
--- a/other/rec-req/refresh-volumes-in-pods/05-check.yaml
+++ b/other/rec-req/refresh-volumes-in-pods/05-check.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
 kind: TestStep
 commands:
-- command: sleep 3
+- command: sleep 5
 - script: |
     val=$(kubectl exec pod01 -n refresh-vols-ns -- cat /mnt/foo/foo)
     if [ "$val" = "bar" ]; then exit 0; else exit 1; fi