diff --git a/test/system/255-auto-update.bats b/test/system/255-auto-update.bats
index 5864b47a2e..d6afa1b685 100644
--- a/test/system/255-auto-update.bats
+++ b/test/system/255-auto-update.bats
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function _confirm_update() {
     local old_iid=$2
 
     # Image has already been pulled, so this shouldn't take too long
-    local timeout=5
+    local timeout=10
     while [[ $timeout -gt 0 ]]; do
         sleep 1
         run_podman '?' inspect --format "{{.Image}}" $cname