diff --git a/integrations/pinecone/tests/conftest.py b/integrations/pinecone/tests/conftest.py
index 1a6574adb..12a61948e 100644
--- a/integrations/pinecone/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/integrations/pinecone/tests/conftest.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from haystack_integrations.document_stores.pinecone import PineconeDocumentStore
 
 # This is the approximate time in seconds it takes for the documents to be available
-SLEEP_TIME_IN_SECONDS = 18
+SLEEP_TIME_IN_SECONDS = 25
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()