diff --git a/tests/scripts/test007-replication b/tests/scripts/test007-replication
index a31c3e4ecebb0ed79d47de429b29523f4eafcfbe..e8f77b227729dd99bc3545efa4f140c7661826cb 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test007-replication
+++ b/tests/scripts/test007-replication
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ else
 		exit $RC
 	fi
 
-	echo "Waiting 5 seconds for slurpd to send changes..."
-	sleep 5
+	echo "Waiting 15 seconds for slurpd to send changes..."
+	sleep 15
 fi
 
 echo "Using ldapsearch to read all the entries from the master..."
diff --git a/tests/scripts/test018-syncreplication-persist b/tests/scripts/test018-syncreplication-persist
index fd261b7f8a285b8c7f8bf5e607af71cb754fe00a..b08c7facebc5de820a4115030f1b65d8cd2a6302 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test018-syncreplication-persist
+++ b/tests/scripts/test018-syncreplication-persist
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ else
 		exit $RC
 	fi
 
-	echo "Waiting 5 seconds for syncrepl to send changes..."
-	sleep 5
+	echo "Waiting 15 seconds for syncrepl to receive changes..."
+	sleep 15
 fi
 
 echo "Using ldapsearch to read all the entries from the master..."