diff --git a/test/E2ETests/DeploymentUtility.cs b/test/E2ETests/DeploymentUtility.cs
index 79124f9235..cf92def9ff 100644
--- a/test/E2ETests/DeploymentUtility.cs
+++ b/test/E2ETests/DeploymentUtility.cs
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ namespace E2ETests
                     if (watchResult.ChangeType == WatcherChangeTypes.Created)
                     {
                         //This event is fired immediately after the localdb file is created. Give it a while to finish populating data and start the application.
-                        Thread.Sleep(3 * 1000);
+                        Thread.Sleep(5 * 1000);
                         Console.WriteLine("Database file created '{0}'. Proceeding with the tests.", identityDBFullPath);
                     }
                     else