diff --git a/curator-test/src/main/java/org/apache/curator/test/Timing.java b/curator-test/src/main/java/org/apache/curator/test/Timing.java
index e5d6d3443..0e6e3875b 100644
--- a/curator-test/src/main/java/org/apache/curator/test/Timing.java
+++ b/curator-test/src/main/java/org/apache/curator/test/Timing.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class Timing {
 
     private static final int DEFAULT_SECONDS = 10;
     private static final int DEFAULT_WAITING_MULTIPLE = 5;
-    private static final double SESSION_MULTIPLE = .25;
+    private static final double SESSION_MULTIPLE = 1.5;
 
     /**
      * Use the default base time