diff --git a/test/system/055-rm.bats b/test/system/055-rm.bats
index 3673b7dc25..c7ca0707d7 100644
--- a/test/system/055-rm.bats
+++ b/test/system/055-rm.bats
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function __run_healthcheck_container() {
     # We have no way to guarantee that we see 'stopping', but at a very
     # minimum we need to check at least one rm failure
     local rm_failures=0
-    for i in {1..10}; do
+    for i in {1..20}; do
         run_podman '?' rm $cname
         if [[ $status -eq 0 ]]; then
             break