diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/activedirectory/ActiveDirectorySessionFactoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/activedirectory/ActiveDirectorySessionFactoryTests.java
index 0b0879ea6d6..cab96e95b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/activedirectory/ActiveDirectorySessionFactoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/activedirectory/ActiveDirectorySessionFactoryTests.java
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ public class ActiveDirectorySessionFactoryTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase {
         ActiveDirectorySessionFactory sessionFactory = new ActiveDirectorySessionFactory(config, clientSSLService);
 
         try (LdapSession ldap = sessionFactory.open("ironman", SecuredStringTests.build(PASSWORD))) {
+            // In certain cases we may have a successful bind, but a search should take longer and cause a timeout
+            ldap.groups();
             fail("The TCP connection should timeout before getting groups back");
         } catch (ActiveDirectoryException e) {
             assertThat(e.getCause().getMessage(), containsString("A client-side timeout was encountered while waiting"));
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/ldap/OpenLdapTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/ldap/OpenLdapTests.java
index 1b20315aac0..4373150a005 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/ldap/OpenLdapTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/ldap/OpenLdapTests.java
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ public class OpenLdapTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase {
         RealmConfig config = new RealmConfig("oldap-test", settings);
         LdapSessionFactory sessionFactory = new LdapSessionFactory(config, clientSSLService);
 
-        try (LdapSession ldap = sessionFactory.open("thor", SecuredStringTests.build(PASSWORD))){
+        try (LdapSession ldap = sessionFactory.open("thor", SecuredStringTests.build(PASSWORD))) {
+            // In certain cases we may have a successful bind, but a search should take longer and cause a timeout
+            ldap.groups();
             fail("The TCP connection should timeout before getting groups back");
         } catch (ShieldLdapException e) {
             assertThat(e.getCause().getMessage(), containsString("A client-side timeout was encountered while waiting"));