diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/avro/TestAvroServer.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/avro/TestAvroServer.java
index cc5cc2ecfa3..015563c89c2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/avro/TestAvroServer.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/avro/TestAvroServer.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class TestAvroServer {
    *
    * @throws Exception
    */
-  @Test (timeout=60000)
+  @Test (timeout=300000)
   public void testTableAdminAndMetadata() throws Exception {
     AvroServer.HBaseImpl impl = new AvroServer.HBaseImpl();