diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase.java
index 4688daec7d9..19254c12706 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase.java
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase extends ESTestCase {
         });
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
         TransportFuture<StringMessageResponse> res = serviceB.submitRequest(nodeA, "sayHelloTimeoutDelayedResponse",
-                new StringMessageRequest("300ms"), TransportRequestOptions.builder().withTimeout(100).build(), new BaseTransportResponseHandler<StringMessageResponse>() {
+                new StringMessageRequest("2m"), TransportRequestOptions.builder().withTimeout(100).build(), new BaseTransportResponseHandler<StringMessageResponse>() {
                     @Override
                     public StringMessageResponse newInstance() {
                         return new StringMessageResponse();