diff --git a/bots/cli/src/test/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/cli/BotSlackHandlerTests.java b/bots/cli/src/test/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/cli/BotSlackHandlerTests.java
index 83ed60081..6c8dac1cf 100644
--- a/bots/cli/src/test/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/cli/BotSlackHandlerTests.java
+++ b/bots/cli/src/test/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/cli/BotSlackHandlerTests.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void simple() throws IOException {
     @Test
     void throttled() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         try (var receiver = new RestReceiver()) {
-            final var maxDuration = Duration.ofMillis(100);
+            final var maxDuration = Duration.ofMillis(1500);
             var handler = new BotSlackHandler(receiver.getEndpoint(), "test", maxDuration, new HashMap<>());
 
             // Post until we hit throttling