diff --git a/aws-xray/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/AwsXrayRemoteSamplerTest.java b/aws-xray/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/AwsXrayRemoteSamplerTest.java
index ffba50a6c..fb4e2ff5e 100644
--- a/aws-xray/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/AwsXrayRemoteSamplerTest.java
+++ b/aws-xray/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/AwsXrayRemoteSamplerTest.java
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ void defaultInitialSampler() {
   void parentBasedXraySamplerAfterDefaultSampler() {
     try (AwsXrayRemoteSampler sampler = AwsXrayRemoteSampler.newBuilder(Resource.empty()).build()) {
       await()
+          .pollDelay(Duration.ofMillis(10))
           .untilAsserted(
               () -> {
                 assertThat(sampler.getDescription())