diff --git a/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/SolrTestCase.java b/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/SolrTestCase.java
index a7fe0f873694..5a77212d7aba 100644
--- a/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/SolrTestCase.java
+++ b/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/SolrTestCase.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public static void setDefaultConfigDirSysPropIfNotSet() throws Exception {
 
     if (!TEST_NIGHTLY) {
       //TestInjection.randomDelayMaxInCoreCreationInSec = 2;
-      System.setProperty("zookeeper.request.timeout", "500");
+      System.setProperty("zookeeper.request.timeout", "1000");
       System.setProperty(SolrTestCaseJ4.USE_NUMERIC_POINTS_SYSPROP, "false");
 //      System.setProperty("solr.tests.IntegerFieldType", "org.apache.solr.schema.IntPointField");
 //      System.setProperty("solr.tests.FloatFieldType", "org.apache.solr.schema.FloatPointField");