diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/src/test/groovy/Netty40ClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/src/test/groovy/Netty40ClientTest.groovy
index 0ed478e184..1ff103705b 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/src/test/groovy/Netty40ClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/src/test/groovy/Netty40ClientTest.groovy
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Netty40ClientTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     }
   }
   @Shared
-  def clientConfig = DefaultAsyncHttpClientConfig.Builder.newInstance().setRequestTimeout(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(5).toInteger())
+  def clientConfig = DefaultAsyncHttpClientConfig.Builder.newInstance().setRequestTimeout(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(10).toInteger())
   @Shared
   AsyncHttpClient asyncHttpClient = asyncHttpClient(clientConfig)
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/src/test/groovy/Netty41ClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/src/test/groovy/Netty41ClientTest.groovy
index 47150765a3..8cc372c085 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/src/test/groovy/Netty41ClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/src/test/groovy/Netty41ClientTest.groovy
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Netty41ClientTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     }
   }
   @Shared
-  def clientConfig = DefaultAsyncHttpClientConfig.Builder.newInstance().setRequestTimeout(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(5).toInteger())
+  def clientConfig = DefaultAsyncHttpClientConfig.Builder.newInstance().setRequestTimeout(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(10).toInteger())
   @Shared
   AsyncHttpClient asyncHttpClient = asyncHttpClient(clientConfig)