diff --git a/tests/pexpects/wait.py b/tests/pexpects/wait.py
index cca1e85ec..3e69cbeb2 100644
--- a/tests/pexpects/wait.py
+++ b/tests/pexpects/wait.py
@@ -21,24 +21,24 @@ sendline("jobs")
 expect_prompt("jobs: There are no jobs")
 
 # three job ids specified
-sendline("sleep 0.3 &; sleep 0.1 &; sleep 0.2 &; sleep 0.4 &;")
+sendline("sleep 0.5 &; sleep 0.1 &; sleep 0.3 &; sleep 0.7 &;")
 expect_prompt()
 sendline("wait %1 %3 %4")
 expect_str("Job 2, 'sleep 0.1 &' has ended")
-expect_str("Job 3, 'sleep 0.2 &' has ended")
-expect_str("Job 1, 'sleep 0.3 &' has ended")
-expect_prompt("Job 4, 'sleep 0.4 &' has ended")
+expect_str("Job 3, 'sleep 0.3 &' has ended")
+expect_str("Job 1, 'sleep 0.5 &' has ended")
+expect_prompt("Job 4, 'sleep 0.7 &' has ended")
 sendline("jobs")
 expect_prompt("jobs: There are no jobs")
 
 # specify job ids with -n option
-sendline("sleep 0.3 &; sleep 0.1 &; sleep 0.2 &")
+sendline("sleep 0.5 &; sleep 0.1 &; sleep 0.3 &")
 expect_prompt()
 sendline("wait -n %1 %3")
 expect_str("Job 2, 'sleep 0.1 &' has ended")
-expect_prompt("Job 3, 'sleep 0.2 &' has ended")
+expect_prompt("Job 3, 'sleep 0.3 &' has ended")
 sendline("wait -n %1")
-expect_prompt("Job 1, 'sleep 0.3 &' has ended")
+expect_prompt("Job 1, 'sleep 0.5 &' has ended")
 sendline("jobs")
 expect_prompt("jobs: There are no jobs")