diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e8514c29f1..835a734eb0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ matrix:
           fuser -k -n tcp 6030
           sleep 1
           taosd > /dev/null &
-          sleep 1
+          sleep 10
           mono taosdemo -Q DEFAULT -y || travis_terminate $?
 
           cd ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/tests