diff --git a/src/bin/pg_rewind/sql/config_test.sh b/src/bin/pg_rewind/sql/config_test.sh
index 859b5cff2ba1eab7e4a21f24b073b549fce49fc0..05f07ba037e84c11cd9ef62032e744ceece3582c 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_rewind/sql/config_test.sh
+++ b/src/bin/pg_rewind/sql/config_test.sh
@@ -118,6 +118,6 @@ function wait_until_standby_streaming_state {
    do
       PGOPTIONS=${PGOPTIONS_UTILITY} $STANDBY_PSQL -c "SELECT state FROM pg_stat_replication;" | grep 'streaming' > /dev/null && break
       retry=$[$retry-1]
-      sleep 0.2
+      sleep 0.5
    done
 }