diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/CloseSpannerWithOpenResultSetTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/CloseSpannerWithOpenResultSetTest.java
index ed9f21c46353..d3aec724c657 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/CloseSpannerWithOpenResultSetTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/CloseSpannerWithOpenResultSetTest.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Spanner createSpanner() {
 
   @BeforeClass
   public static void setWatchdogTimeout() {
-    System.setProperty("com.google.cloud.spanner.watchdogTimeoutSeconds", "1");
+    System.setProperty("com.google.cloud.spanner.watchdogTimeoutSeconds", "5");
   }
 
   @AfterClass