diff --git a/test/test_secscan.py b/test/test_secscan.py
index e63b70c5f..c01ddac74 100644
--- a/test/test_secscan.py
+++ b/test/test_secscan.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import unittest
 import json
-import os
+import time
+import unittest
 from httmock import urlmatch, all_requests, HTTMock
 
 from app import app, config_provider, storage, notification_queue
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ 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)
 
@@ -453,6 +454,7 @@ 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)
 
@@ -524,6 +526,7 @@ 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)
 
@@ -604,4 +607,4 @@ class TestSecurityScanner(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-  unittest.main()
\ No newline at end of file
+  unittest.main()