diff --git a/beat/core/test/test_docker.py b/beat/core/test/test_docker.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6b49b11d1618959d1e1d4f539f68610789c5f68c..7ac27577154898ef8508292a7f3d93339d84f7cd
--- a/beat/core/test/test_docker.py
+++ b/beat/core/test/test_docker.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class AsyncTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     sleep_for = 0.5 # seconds
     with Popen(self.host, 'debian:8.4', ["sleep", str(sleep_for)]) as p:
-      status = p.wait(1) #should not timeout
+      status = p.wait(5) #should not timeout
       self.assertEqual(p.status(), 'exited')
       self.assertEqual(status, 0)
       self.assertEqual(p.stdout, '')