diff --git a/test/test_secscan.py b/test/test_secscan.py
index 03251d7bd..e6b0e9382 100644
--- a/test/test_secscan.py
+++ b/test/test_secscan.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import unittest
 import json
+import time
+import unittest
 from httmock import urlmatch, all_requests, HTTMock
 
 from app import app, storage, notification_queue
@@ -290,6 +291,7 @@ class TestSecurityScanner(unittest.TestCase):
       self.assertAnalyzed(layer, True, 1)
 
     # Ensure an event was written for the tag.
+    time.sleep(1)
     queue_item = notification_queue.get()
     self.assertIsNotNone(queue_item)
 
@@ -451,6 +453,7 @@ class TestSecurityScanner(unittest.TestCase):
       self.assertTrue(process_notification_data(notification_data))
 
     # Ensure an event was written for the tag.
+    time.sleep(1)
     queue_item = notification_queue.get()
     self.assertIsNotNone(queue_item)
 
@@ -522,6 +525,7 @@ class TestSecurityScanner(unittest.TestCase):
       self.assertTrue(process_notification_data(notification_data))
 
     # Ensure an event was written for the tag.
+    time.sleep(1)
     queue_item = notification_queue.get()
     self.assertIsNotNone(queue_item)
 
@@ -602,4 +606,4 @@ class TestSecurityScanner(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-  unittest.main()
\ No newline at end of file
+  unittest.main()