diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_api.py b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_api.py
index c4dd9f5c2e..45836d20a2 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_api.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_api.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class NeonAPI:
         self.__neon_api_base_url = neon_api_base_url.strip("/")
         self.retry_if_possible = False
         self.attempts = 10
-        self.sleep_before_retry = 2
+        self.sleep_before_retry = 1
         self.retries524 = 0
         self.retries4xx = 0