diff --git a/tests/topotests/route_scale/scale_test_common.py b/tests/topotests/route_scale/scale_test_common.py
index 856a2d0fa7..b9f324d561 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/route_scale/scale_test_common.py
+++ b/tests/topotests/route_scale/scale_test_common.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def route_install_helper(iter):
 
     # Table of defaults, used for timeout values and 'expected' objects
     scale_defaults = dict(
-        zip(scale_keys, [None, None, 7, 30, expected_installed, expected_removed])
+        zip(scale_keys, [None, None, 10, 50, expected_installed, expected_removed])
     )
 
     # List of params for each step in the test; note extra time given