diff --git a/test/libsinsp_e2e/container/container.cpp b/test/libsinsp_e2e/container/container.cpp
index 7d22be2433..522cf02ed9 100644
--- a/test/libsinsp_e2e/container/container.cpp
+++ b/test/libsinsp_e2e/container/container.cpp
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static void run_container_docker_test(bool fork_after_container_start) {
 			ASSERT_TRUE(false);
 		}
 
-		sleep(2);
+		sleep(5);
 
 		ASSERT_TRUE(system("docker kill libsinsp_docker > /dev/null 2>&1 || true") == 0);
 		ASSERT_TRUE(system("docker rm -v libsinsp_docker > /dev/null 2>&1") == 0);