diff --git a/sdk/database/dbplugin/v5/testing/test_helpers.go b/sdk/database/dbplugin/v5/testing/test_helpers.go
index 200a603649..a5b4b337e5 100644
--- a/sdk/database/dbplugin/v5/testing/test_helpers.go
+++ b/sdk/database/dbplugin/v5/testing/test_helpers.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 func getRequestTimeout(t *testing.T) time.Duration {
 	rawDur := os.Getenv("VAULT_TEST_DATABASE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT")
 	if rawDur == "" {
-		return 2 * time.Second
+		return 5 * time.Second
 	}
 
 	dur, err := time.ParseDuration(rawDur)
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/vault/sdk/database/dbplugin/v5/testing/test_helpers.go b/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/vault/sdk/database/dbplugin/v5/testing/test_helpers.go
index 200a603649..a5b4b337e5 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/vault/sdk/database/dbplugin/v5/testing/test_helpers.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/vault/sdk/database/dbplugin/v5/testing/test_helpers.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 func getRequestTimeout(t *testing.T) time.Duration {
 	rawDur := os.Getenv("VAULT_TEST_DATABASE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT")
 	if rawDur == "" {
-		return 2 * time.Second
+		return 5 * time.Second
 	}
 
 	dur, err := time.ParseDuration(rawDur)