diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers
index 329d5abc09..99401ca505 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fi
 systemctl start mirrorlist2
 echo "enable server mirror-lists-backend/mirrorlist-local2" | nc -U /var/run/haproxy-admin >& /dev/null
 
-sleep 5
+sleep 40
 curl -q -H mirrors.fedoraproject.org "http://localhost:18082/metalink?repo=rawhide&arch=x86_64" -o/dev/null -s -f --retry 50 --retry-delay 10 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 180
 if [ $? != 0 ]; then
 	echo "ERROR: mirrorlist2 did not start correctly"