diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-basic-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/RequestProcessorUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-basic-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/RequestProcessorUnitTest.java
index eb1f6fada0..4a400f7beb 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-basic-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/RequestProcessorUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-basic-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/RequestProcessorUnitTest.java
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ public class RequestProcessorUnitTest {
         String requestId = requestProcessor.processRequest();
 
         Awaitility.await()
-           //The timeout value should be greater than the maximum time the request takes to complete
-          .atMost(2010, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+           //The timeout value should exceed the maximum time the request takes to complete, for the time amount of a poll (500 ms)
+          .atMost(2501, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
           .pollDelay(500, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
           .until(() -> requestProcessor.getStatus(requestId), not(equalTo("PROCESSING")));