diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingGracefulShutdownSpec.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingGracefulShutdownSpec.scala
index 70f332ce22..756c6c7678 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingGracefulShutdownSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingGracefulShutdownSpec.scala
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ object ClusterShardingGracefulShutdownSpec {
       case "member-removed" ⇒
         // Let singletons hand over gracefully before stopping the system
         import context.dispatcher
-        system.scheduler.scheduleOnce(3.seconds, self, "stop-system")
+        system.scheduler.scheduleOnce(10.seconds, self, "stop-system")
 
       case "stop-system" ⇒
         system.terminate()
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/test/java/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingTest.java b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/test/java/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingTest.java
index 61b5efba59..6d0ec7d98a 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/test/java/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingTest.java
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/test/java/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingTest.java
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public class ClusterShardingTest {
         }).
         match(String.class, s -> s.equals("member-removed"), s -> {
           // Let singletons hand over gracefully before stopping the system
-          context().system().scheduler().scheduleOnce(Duration.create(3, SECONDS),
+          context().system().scheduler().scheduleOnce(Duration.create(10, SECONDS),
               self(), "stop-system", context().dispatcher(), self());
         }).
         match(String.class, s -> s.equals("stop-system"), s -> {