diff --git a/test/towerops/snmp/deferred_discovery_test.exs b/test/towerops/snmp/deferred_discovery_test.exs
index b18ab492..08b3b08f 100644
--- a/test/towerops/snmp/deferred_discovery_test.exs
+++ b/test/towerops/snmp/deferred_discovery_test.exs
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ defmodule Towerops.Snmp.DeferredDiscoveryTest do
         DeferredDiscovery.fast_check(
           client_opts,
           fn ->
-            Process.sleep(55)
+            Process.sleep(500)
             {:ok, "too slow"}
           end,
-          timeout: 50
+          timeout: 25
         )
 
       assert result == {:error, :timeout}
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ defmodule Towerops.Snmp.DeferredDiscoveryTest do
         DeferredDiscovery.slow_check(
           client_opts,
           fn ->
-            Process.sleep(55)
+            Process.sleep(500)
             {:ok, "too slow"}
           end,
-          timeout: 50,
+          timeout: 25,
           default: []
         )
 
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ defmodule Towerops.Snmp.DeferredDiscoveryTest do
         DeferredDiscovery.slow_check(
           client_opts,
           fn ->
-            Process.sleep(55)
+            Process.sleep(500)
             {:ok, "too slow"}
           end,
-          timeout: 50,
+          timeout: 25,
           default: %{status: :timeout}
         )
 
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ defmodule Towerops.Snmp.DeferredDiscoveryTest do
         DeferredDiscovery.deferred_check(
           client_opts,
           fn ->
-            Process.sleep(55)
+            Process.sleep(500)
             {:ok, "too slow"}
           end,
-          timeout: 50,
+          timeout: 25,
           name: "neighbors"
         )
 
@@ -227,13 +227,13 @@ defmodule Towerops.Snmp.DeferredDiscoveryTest do
 
     test "returns false when check times out" do
       expect(SnmpMock, :get, fn _target, _oid, _opts ->
-        Process.sleep(55)
+        Process.sleep(500)
         {:ok, [1, 3, 6, 1, 4, 1, 9]}
       end)
 
       client_opts = [ip: "192.168.1.1", community: "public", version: "2c"]
 
-      assert DeferredDiscovery.device_responsive?(client_opts, timeout: 50) == false
+      assert DeferredDiscovery.device_responsive?(client_opts, timeout: 25) == false
     end
   end