diff --git a/app/bot/spam_test.go b/app/bot/spam_test.go
index f55df319..98df1817 100644
--- a/app/bot/spam_test.go
+++ b/app/bot/spam_test.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func TestSpamFilter_watch(t *testing.T) {
 	err = os.WriteFile(spamSamplesFile, []byte(message), 0o600)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	// wait for reload to complete
-	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 800)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(mockDetector.LoadSamplesCalls()))
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(mockDetector.LoadStopWordsCalls()))
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func TestSpamFilter_watch(t *testing.T) {
 	err = os.WriteFile(spamSamplesFile, []byte(message), 0o600)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	// wait for reload to complete
-	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 800)
 	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(mockDetector.LoadSamplesCalls()))
 	cancel()
 }