diff --git a/tag_tracer_test.go b/tag_tracer_test.go
index a300974..727b728 100644
--- a/tag_tracer_test.go
+++ b/tag_tracer_test.go
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ func TestTagTracerDeliveryTags(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// if we jump forward a few minutes, we should see the tags decrease by 1 / 10 minutes
 	clk.Add(50 * time.Minute)
+	time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
 
 	val = getTagValue(cmgr, p, tag1)
 	expected = GossipSubConnTagMessageDeliveryCap - 5