diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/tests/security/ITBasicAuthConfigurationTest.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/tests/security/ITBasicAuthConfigurationTest.java
index 04eb9da1f765..ea8e61ef3177 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/tests/security/ITBasicAuthConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/tests/security/ITBasicAuthConfigurationTest.java
@@ -82,11 +82,12 @@ protected void setupHttpClientsAndUsers() throws Exception
   {
     super.setupHttpClientsAndUsers();
 
-    // Add a delay to allow propagation of credentials to all services
+    // Add a large enough delay to allow propagation of credentials to all services. It'd be ideal
+    // to have a "readiness" endpoint exposed by different services that'd return the version of auth creds cached.
     try {
-      Thread.sleep(5000);
+      Thread.sleep(10000);
     }
-    catch (Throwable t) {
+    catch (InterruptedException e) {
       // Ignore exception
     }
   }