diff --git a/tests/02-basic-srl/01-two-srls.robot b/tests/02-basic-srl/01-two-srls.robot
index e2b4f0d44..12dc92626 100644
--- a/tests/02-basic-srl/01-two-srls.robot
+++ b/tests/02-basic-srl/01-two-srls.robot
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ Ensure srl1 is reachable over ssh with public key auth
     ...    try_for=10
 
 Ensure srl1 can ping srl2 over ethernet-1/1 interface
+    Sleep    5s    give some time for networking stack to setlle
     ${rc}    ${output} =    Run And Return Rc And Output
     ...    sudo containerlab --runtime ${runtime} exec -t ${CURDIR}/${lab-file-name} --label clab-node-name\=srl1 --cmd "ip netns exec srbase-default ping 192.168.0.1 -c2 -w 3s"
     Log    ${output}