diff --git a/test/units/delegated_cgroup_filtering_payload.sh b/test/units/delegated_cgroup_filtering_payload.sh
index 7ad486bcad..1181fbb910 100755
--- a/test/units/delegated_cgroup_filtering_payload.sh
+++ b/test/units/delegated_cgroup_filtering_payload.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/system.slice/delegated-cgroup-filtering.service/the_child
 
 echo "parent_process: hello, world!"
 echo "parent_process: hello, people!"
-sleep .15
+sleep 2