diff --git a/rxjava/pom.xml b/rxjava/pom.xml
index 7b78d09eb6..bf5f073d8d 100644
--- a/rxjava/pom.xml
+++ b/rxjava/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
             <artifactId>rxjava</artifactId>
             <version>2.1.3</version>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.jayway.awaitility</groupId>
+            <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
+            <version>1.7.0</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/rxjava/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rxjava/ConnectableObservableTest.java b/rxjava/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rxjava/ConnectableObservableTest.java
index 981875510d..031ff0c5bb 100644
--- a/rxjava/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rxjava/ConnectableObservableTest.java
+++ b/rxjava/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rxjava/ConnectableObservableTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import rx.observables.ConnectableObservable;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import static com.jayway.awaitility.Awaitility.await;
 import static junit.framework.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -15,12 +16,12 @@ public class ConnectableObservableTest {
     public void givenConnectableObservable_whenConnect_thenGetMessage() throws InterruptedException {
         String[] result = {""};
         ConnectableObservable<Long> connectable
-          = Observable.interval(200, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).publish();
+          = Observable.interval(500, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).publish();
         connectable.subscribe(i -> result[0] += i);
         assertFalse(result[0].equals("01"));
 
         connectable.connect();
-        Thread.sleep(500);
-        assertTrue(result[0].equals("01"));
+        await()
+          .until(() -> assertTrue(result[0].equals("01")));
     }
 }