diff --git a/internal/testutil/acc/shared_resource.go b/internal/testutil/acc/shared_resource.go
index f50ddba13..b856655db 100644
--- a/internal/testutil/acc/shared_resource.go
+++ b/internal/testutil/acc/shared_resource.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ func ProjectIDExecution(tb testing.TB) string {
 		sharedInfo.projectName = RandomProjectName()
 		tb.Logf("Creating execution project: %s\n", sharedInfo.projectName)
 		sharedInfo.projectID = createProject(tb, sharedInfo.projectName)
+	} else {
+		time.Sleep(10 * time.Second) // HELP-65223: sleep a few seconds so clusters are not created concurrently in the execution project
 	}
 
 	return sharedInfo.projectID