diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
index 56776ed841a..c5241c82585 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
@@ -447,9 +447,10 @@ public void testAddUpdateDatasetViaNativeAPI() {
         
         Response publishDataset = UtilIT.publishDatasetViaNativeApi(datasetPersistentId, "major", apiToken);
         assertEquals(200, publishDataset.getStatusCode());
+        UtilIT.sleepForLock(datasetPersistentId, "finalizePublication", apiToken, UtilIT.MAXIMUM_PUBLISH_LOCK_DURATION);
         //post publish update
         String pathToJsonFilePostPub= "doc/sphinx-guides/source/_static/api/dataset-add-metadata-after-pub.json";
-       Response addDataToPublishedVersion = UtilIT.addDatasetMetadataViaNative(datasetPersistentId, pathToJsonFilePostPub, apiToken);
+        Response addDataToPublishedVersion = UtilIT.addDatasetMetadataViaNative(datasetPersistentId, pathToJsonFilePostPub, apiToken);
         addDataToPublishedVersion.prettyPrint();
         addDataToPublishedVersion.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());