diff --git a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-api/pom.xml b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-api/pom.xml
index 73e160136e72..b09d36c64c73 100644
--- a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-api/pom.xml
@@ -58,5 +58,10 @@
       <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
+      <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/remoting/exchange/support/header/ReconnectTimerTaskTest.java b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/remoting/exchange/support/header/ReconnectTimerTaskTest.java
index 6c758b372a94..2484853c52af 100644
--- a/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/remoting/exchange/support/header/ReconnectTimerTaskTest.java
+++ b/dubbo-remoting/dubbo-remoting-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/remoting/exchange/support/header/ReconnectTimerTaskTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 import static org.apache.dubbo.common.constants.CommonConstants.DUBBO_VERSION_KEY;
 import static org.apache.dubbo.remoting.Constants.HEARTBEAT_CHECK_TICK;
+import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.await;
 
 class ReconnectTimerTaskTest {
 
@@ -37,12 +38,13 @@ class ReconnectTimerTaskTest {
     private MockChannel channel;
 
     private ReconnectTimerTask reconnectTimerTask;
+
     private HashedWheelTimer reconnectTimer;
     private boolean isConnected = false;
 
     @BeforeEach
     public void setup() throws Exception {
-        long tickDuration = 1000;
+        long tickDuration = 30;
         reconnectTimer = new HashedWheelTimer(tickDuration / HEARTBEAT_CHECK_TICK, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
         channel = new MockChannel() {
             @Override
@@ -71,13 +73,19 @@ void testReconnect() throws Exception {
         long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
         url = url.addParameter(DUBBO_VERSION_KEY, "2.1.1");
-        channel.setAttribute(HeartbeatHandler.KEY_READ_TIMESTAMP, now - 1000);
-        channel.setAttribute(HeartbeatHandler.KEY_WRITE_TIMESTAMP, now - 1000);
+        channel.setAttribute(HeartbeatHandler.KEY_READ_TIMESTAMP, now - 2000);
+        channel.setAttribute(HeartbeatHandler.KEY_WRITE_TIMESTAMP, now - 2000);
+
+        await().atMost(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                .pollInterval(10, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+                .untilAsserted(() -> Assertions.assertTrue(channel.getReconnectCount() > 0));
 
-        Thread.sleep(2000L);
-        Assertions.assertTrue(channel.getReconnectCount() > 0);
         isConnected = true;
-        Thread.sleep(2000L);
-        Assertions.assertTrue(channel.getReconnectCount() > 1);
+        channel.setAttribute(HeartbeatHandler.KEY_READ_TIMESTAMP, now - 2000);
+        channel.setAttribute(HeartbeatHandler.KEY_WRITE_TIMESTAMP, now - 2000);
+
+        await().atMost(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                .pollInterval(10, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+                .untilAsserted(() -> Assertions.assertTrue(channel.getReconnectCount() > 1));
     }
 }