diff --git a/src/server/src/test/java/io/cassandrareaper/unit/service/SegmentRunnerTest.java b/src/server/src/test/java/io/cassandrareaper/unit/service/SegmentRunnerTest.java
index 79f92c23d..34bceceea 100644
--- a/src/server/src/test/java/io/cassandrareaper/unit/service/SegmentRunnerTest.java
+++ b/src/server/src/test/java/io/cassandrareaper/unit/service/SegmentRunnerTest.java
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public JmxProxy connect(final Optional<RepairStatusHandler> handler, String host
         context,
         segmentId,
         Collections.singleton(""),
-        1000,
+        5000,
         0.5,
         RepairParallelism.PARALLEL,
         "reaper",
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ public JmxProxy connect(final Optional<RepairStatusHandler> handler, String host
         context,
         segmentId,
         Collections.singleton(""),
-        1000,
+        5000,
         0.5,
         RepairParallelism.PARALLEL,
         "reaper",