diff --git a/test_requests.py b/test_requests.py
index 2ee250b6..2adc5a67 100755
--- a/test_requests.py
+++ b/test_requests.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class RequestsTestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
 
             self.httpbin = c
             _httpbin = True
-            time.sleep(.01)
+            time.sleep(1)