diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/TestJobListCache.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/TestJobListCache.java
index 6ebbb7c139a..3ccc222b977 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/TestJobListCache.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/TestJobListCache.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class TestJobListCache {
         cache.values().size());
   }
 
-  @Test (timeout = 1000)
+  @Test (timeout = 5000)
   public void testEviction() throws InterruptedException {
     int maxSize = 2;
     JobListCache cache = new JobListCache(maxSize, 1000);