diff --git a/features/patroni_api.feature b/features/patroni_api.feature
index 91eb27dc..99b59c6b 100644
--- a/features/patroni_api.feature
+++ b/features/patroni_api.feature
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Scenario: check the scheduled failover
 	And I receive a response output "Can't schedule failover in the paused state"
 	When I run patronictl.py resume batman
 	Then I receive a response returncode 0
-	Given I issue a scheduled failover from postgres1 to postgres0 in 1 seconds
+	Given I issue a scheduled failover from postgres1 to postgres0 in 3 seconds
 	Then I receive a response returncode 0
 	And postgres0 is a leader after 20 seconds
 	And postgres0 role is the primary after 10 seconds
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ Scenario: check the scheduled restart
 	Given I issue a PATCH request to http://127.0.0.1:8008/config with {"postgresql": {"parameters": {"superuser_reserved_connections": "6"}}}
 	Then I receive a response code 200
 		And Response on GET http://127.0.0.1:8008/patroni contains pending_restart after 5 seconds
-	Given I issue a scheduled restart at http://127.0.0.1:8008 in 1 seconds with {"role": "replica"}
+	Given I issue a scheduled restart at http://127.0.0.1:8008 in 3 seconds with {"role": "replica"}
 	Then I receive a response code 202
-		And I sleep for 2 seconds
+		And I sleep for 4 seconds
 		And Response on GET http://127.0.0.1:8008/patroni contains pending_restart after 10 seconds
-	Given I issue a scheduled restart at http://127.0.0.1:8008 in 1 seconds with {"restart_pending": "True"}
+	Given I issue a scheduled restart at http://127.0.0.1:8008 in 3 seconds with {"restart_pending": "True"}
 	Then I receive a response code 202
 		And Response on GET http://127.0.0.1:8008/patroni does not contain pending_restart after 10 seconds