diff --git a/tests/test_data_cloud.py b/tests/test_data_cloud.py
index 2dbf967fe..1e42635a6 100644
--- a/tests/test_data_cloud.py
+++ b/tests/test_data_cloud.py
@@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ class TestDataCloudCLIBase(TestDvc):
         # NOTE: check if remote gc works correctly on directories
         self.main(['gc', '-c', '-f'] + args)
         shutil.rmtree(self.dvc.cache.local.cache_dir)
+        
+        sleep()
         self.main(['pull'] + args)
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(cache))
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(cache))