diff --git a/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/discv5_service.test.ts b/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/discv5_service.test.ts
index 9878379ea732..7946bb142592 100644
--- a/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/discv5_service.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/discv5_service.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import { BootstrapNode } from '../bootstrap/bootstrap.js';
 import { DiscV5Service, PeerDiscoveryState } from './discV5_service.js';
 import { createLibP2PPeerId } from './libp2p_service.js';
 
+// The test is flaky, up this constant if the test fails 💀
+const BASE_SLEEP = 500;
+
 describe('Discv5Service', () => {
   let bootNode: BootstrapNode;
   let bootNodePeerId: PeerId;
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ describe('Discv5Service', () => {
     const node2 = await createNode(port);
     await node1.start();
     await node2.start();
-    await sleep(200);
+    await sleep(BASE_SLEEP);
     const node1Peers = await Promise.all(node1.getAllPeers().map(async peer => (await peer.peerId()).toString()));
     const node2Peers = await Promise.all(node2.getAllPeers().map(async peer => (await peer.peerId()).toString()));
 
@@ -68,13 +71,13 @@ describe('Discv5Service', () => {
     const node2 = await createNode(port);
     await node1.start();
     await node2.start();
-    await sleep(200);
+    await sleep(BASE_SLEEP);
 
     await node2.stop();
     await bootNode.stop();
 
     await node2.start();
-    await sleep(200);
+    await sleep(BASE_SLEEP);
 
     const node2Peers = await Promise.all(node2.getAllPeers().map(async peer => (await peer.peerId()).toString()));
     expect(node2Peers).toHaveLength(1);