diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/ESRestTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/ESRestTestCase.java
index 7950eb460d430..29dbdc823305c 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/ESRestTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/ESRestTestCase.java
@@ -2382,7 +2382,7 @@ protected static void waitForActiveLicense(final RestClient restClient) throws E
                 assertThat("Expecting non-null license status", status, notNullValue());
                 assertThat("Expecting active license", status, equalTo("active"));
             }
-        });
+        }, 10, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
     }
 
     // TODO: replace usages of this with warning_regex or allowed_warnings_regex