diff --git a/integrations/pinecone/tests/conftest.py b/integrations/pinecone/tests/conftest.py
index 24cfcd12b..c7a1342d5 100644
--- a/integrations/pinecone/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/integrations/pinecone/tests/conftest.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from haystack_integrations.document_stores.pinecone import PineconeDocumentStore
 
 # This is the approximate time it takes for the documents to be available
-SLEEP_TIME = 22
+SLEEP_TIME = 20
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()