diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/mvn-local/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/mvn-local/test
index 2740387f2..190bf8a89 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/mvn-local/test
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/mvn-local/test
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ $ copy-file changes/libDeps.sbt library/build.sbt
 > library/publishM2
 
 # should succeed now that the dependency is there
+$ sleep 1000
 > main/compile