diff --git a/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/rate_limit_test.go b/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/rate_limit_test.go
index 8bdd7e8c5f..26142c3f49 100644
--- a/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/rate_limit_test.go
+++ b/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/rate_limit_test.go
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ func TestHttpRateLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	// require.NotEmpty(t, retryAfterHeader)
 	// retryAfter, err = strconv.Atoi(retryAfterHeader)
 	// require.NoError(t, err)
-	t.Logf("Waiting for %d seconds to retry API request...", policyPeriod)
-	time.Sleep(time.Duration(policyPeriod) * time.Second)
+	t.Logf("Waiting for %d seconds to retry API request...", policyPeriod+1)
+	time.Sleep(time.Duration(policyPeriod+1) * time.Second)
 
 	// Do another request. Verify that request is successful
 	t.Log("Retrying...")