diff --git a/.github/workflows/jmeter.yml b/.github/workflows/jmeter.yml
index 171bc68d7..4f17612d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jmeter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jmeter.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           LNBITS_BACKEND_WALLET_CLASS: FakeWallet
         run: |
           poetry run lnbits &
-          sleep 5
+          sleep 10
 
       - name: clone lnbits-extensions, install jmeter and run tests
         run: |