diff --git a/python/pyspark/streaming/tests.py b/python/pyspark/streaming/tests.py
index 080aa3b55d268885ec0cd970385c476ae872b064..f4fbc5a413ebd7a2c279c3f8b7289311348a3554 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/streaming/tests.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/streaming/tests.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ from pyspark.streaming.listener import StreamingListener
 
 class PySparkStreamingTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    timeout = 10  # seconds
+    timeout = 30  # seconds
     duration = .5
 
     @classmethod