diff --git a/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base/target_tcp_connect_session_max_seconds_test.go b/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base/target_tcp_connect_session_max_seconds_test.go
index 643d6ea37b..ae3654d5b4 100644
--- a/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base/target_tcp_connect_session_max_seconds_test.go
+++ b/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base/target_tcp_connect_session_max_seconds_test.go
@@ -162,6 +162,6 @@ func TestCliTcpTargetConnectTargetWithSessionMaxSecondsRejectNew(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Ensure that the session did not run for longer than the time limit
 	diff := end.Sub(start).Seconds()
-	require.Less(t, diff, float64(sessionMaxSeconds+1))
+	require.Less(t, diff, float64(sessionMaxSeconds+2))
 	require.Greater(t, diff, float64(sessionMaxSeconds-1))
 }