diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/LinkIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/LinkIT.java
index 6791cf331b2..47d254300be 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/LinkIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/LinkIT.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public void testDeepLinks() {
                 .statusCode(OK.getStatusCode())
                 .body("data.message", equalTo("Dataverse " + level1a + " linked successfully to " + level1b));
         try {
-            Thread.sleep(4000);
+            Thread.sleep(3000);
         } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
             /**
              * With solrconfig autoSoftCommit set to 1000 (1sec), this sleep is needed.
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ public void testDeepLinks() {
                 .statusCode(OK.getStatusCode())
                 .body("data.message", equalTo("Dataverse " + level2a + " linked successfully to " + level2b));
 
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(3000);
+        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+            /**
+             * With solrconfig autoSoftCommit set to 1000 (1sec), this sleep is needed.
+             */
+        }
         Response searchLevel2toLevel2 = UtilIT.search("*", apiToken, "&subtree=" + level2b);
         searchLevel2toLevel2.prettyPrint();
         searchLevel2toLevel2.then().assertThat()
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java
index d60821af312..3bd233f978c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UtilIT.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class UtilIT {
     private static final String API_TOKEN_KEY = "apiToken";
     private static final String BUILTIN_USER_KEY = "burrito";
     private static final String EMPTY_STRING = "";
-    public static final int MAXIMUM_INGEST_LOCK_DURATION = 16; // 15 + 1 sec for current autoSoftCommit duration
+    public static final int MAXIMUM_INGEST_LOCK_DURATION = 17; // 15 + 2 sec for current autoSoftCommit duration of 1sec
     public static final int MAXIMUM_PUBLISH_LOCK_DURATION = 20;
     public static final int MAXIMUM_IMPORT_DURATION = 1;