diff --git a/tests/sentinel/tests/05-manual.tcl b/tests/sentinel/tests/05-manual.tcl
index 28c5560a6..a0004eb75 100644
--- a/tests/sentinel/tests/05-manual.tcl
+++ b/tests/sentinel/tests/05-manual.tcl
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 source "../tests/includes/init-tests.tcl"
 
 foreach_sentinel_id id {
-    S $id sentinel debug info-period 1000
-    S $id sentinel debug default-down-after 3000
-    S $id sentinel debug publish-period 500
+    S $id sentinel debug info-period 2000
+    S $id sentinel debug default-down-after 6000
+    S $id sentinel debug publish-period 1000
 }
 
 test "Manual failover works" {
diff --git a/tests/sentinel/tests/includes/init-tests.tcl b/tests/sentinel/tests/includes/init-tests.tcl
index fe9a61815..ddb131903 100644
--- a/tests/sentinel/tests/includes/init-tests.tcl
+++ b/tests/sentinel/tests/includes/init-tests.tcl
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ test "(init) Sentinels can start monitoring a master" {
     foreach_sentinel_id id {
         assert {[S $id sentinel master mymaster] ne {}}
         S $id SENTINEL SET mymaster down-after-milliseconds 2000
-        S $id SENTINEL SET mymaster failover-timeout 20000
+        S $id SENTINEL SET mymaster failover-timeout 10000
+        S $id SENTINEL debug tilt-period 5000
         S $id SENTINEL SET mymaster parallel-syncs 10
         if {$::leaked_fds_file != "" && [exec uname] == "Linux"} {
             S $id SENTINEL SET mymaster notification-script ../../tests/helpers/check_leaked_fds.tcl